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Jonas Ahlskog examines how historians can know the past through the words of other people. The study asks what happens when testimony is treated primarily as evidence to be tested, and how that approach relates to the authority and trust involved in hearing a witness. Historical method, philosophical accounts of knowledge, and the ethics of listening meet in its account of the relationship between historians and their sources.
The discussion follows the transition from reliance on testimonial authority to the evidential paradigm of modern historical research. Ahlskog considers the conceptual rejection of testimony, the dependence of historical facts on human statements, and the responsibilities that arise when investigators encounter another person’s account. The result is a focused exploration of how critical inquiry and testimonial understanding work together in historiography.
Jonas Ahlskog. Testimony and Historical Knowledge: Authority, Evidence and Ethics in Historiography. Cambridge University Press, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009447041. CC BY 4.0. Original edition unchanged.