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* using sub-headings or bullets, discussion of the historical sources and historiography of this subject
* using sub-headings or bullets, discussion of the historical sources and historiography of this subject


=== Historical Biases ===
=== Bias in study or writing of history ===
* confirmation bias
* confirmation bias
*  
** see Confirmation bias
* editorial bias
* hagiography
** biography that idealizes the subject
** from Greek for writing about saints
* political bias
* note: application of a particular historiographic techniques does not imply a bias
** although it could have bias in the work
* see Historiography section


=== primary sources ===
=== primary sources ===