I think you can also see this problem in the recent appearance of numerous poli-sci books discovering that the Middle Ages are an interesting topic for European state formation. Jonathan Lyon's comments on this are worth a read: scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/ind...

Agreed. History has an image problem: it's not considered 'scientific' enough, so basically anyone who studies things that happened in the past can 'do' history.

Thanks Laury - that was a great Friday afternoon read!

Congratulations Charles! Thanks for sharing the code - duly ordered.