Hitler, he said, "was a human phenomenon which the historian must seek to understand."

Butterfield argued that the historian must seek the ability to see events as they were perceived by those who lived through them.

Some historians have thus far sought to dismiss civil defense advice as mere propaganda.

In more questioning times, with the historian seeking to exercise his right to examine the past, people have tried to explain why wars occur.

Generally speaking, intellectual historians seek to place concepts and texts from the past in multiple contexts.

It is not surprising that historians have frequently sought to link the growth of the economy directly to it.

Where have historians sought the causes of the so-called Hundred Years War?

Though much of this material is heavily hagiographic, it has been an important source for historians seeking to reconstruct Catherine's life.

Many incipient historians sought refuge in the distant past, where scholarship was freer.

By interviewing widely, oral historians seek points of agreement among many different sources, and also record the complexity of the issues.