The role of history is not to inform the current generation of 'exactly what happened in the past', rather history now provides a myriad of different sources and historians who present their own differing perspectives and attitudes. Today history takes on a complex structure as one must sift through the "rubble" of opinions, perspectives and purposes to search for the facts before considering any form of subjective evidence. The point surely is that we find it incredibly difficult to establish and define "the facts". Hence today we must be cautious in our approach to finding out 'what happened?' as the historian's own background, time and purpose will inevitably shape t
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