Traditional historians just say someone ordered something and it happened.

This has been seen as the reason for a perceived lack of support from traditional historians.

Both of these were heroes to the Communists, but condemned by traditional historians.

Traditional historians try to ignore them, these gadflies who claim to know better than the experts.

Stone was, and in a sense remains, a traditional social historian; his great work deals with the formation of the English aristocracy.

He was described by traditional historians in this way:

According to traditional historians, they thus decided to have Emperor Zhongzong killed.

Traditional historians usually did not consider him an emperor of Northern Qi.

He was known, and much criticized by traditional Chinese historians, for his devotion to Buddhism.

Mr. Oates's approach allows him to take liberties with the material that more traditional historians cannot.