Steven Runciman Quote

I believe that the supreme duty of the historian is to write history, that is to say, to attempt to record in one sweeping sequence the greater events and movements that have swayed the destinies of man.


A History of the Crusades (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, [1951-54] 1957) vol. 3 p. xiii.


I believe that the supreme duty of the historian is to write history, that is to say, to attempt to record in one sweeping sequence the greater...

I believe that the supreme duty of the historian is to write history, that is to say, to attempt to record in one sweeping sequence the greater...

I believe that the supreme duty of the historian is to write history, that is to say, to attempt to record in one sweeping sequence the greater...

I believe that the supreme duty of the historian is to write history, that is to say, to attempt to record in one sweeping sequence the greater...