Bias and subjectivity are factors that can influence a historian's selection of sources and methodologies.

Anyone with an interest in the past and some reading in history can be considered a historian.

Historians’ interpretations are completely free from their personal and cultural contexts.

Absolute historical truth is impossible to achieve because historians only access representations of the past through sources.

Historians do not need to corroborate oral accounts with written sources if they consider them reliable.

Historians are essential for converting historical sources into meaningful historical knowledge.

The historian's claims must be peer-reviewed and accepted by other historians to be recognized as historical knowledge.

Historical methodology involves techniques for resolving conflicts in evidence and validating eyewitness accounts.

Students of history and historians both contribute equally to the production of historical knowledge.