What difficulties do you think might arise when trying to understand ideas from the past, especially when those ideas are so different from our modern thinking? do you think primary resources show a complete picture of the period they are from? give an example or two to illustrate your answer.

There are many moral standings and ideals that existed in the last that are completely at odds with what we think today. Or there were ideas on face and science that are just completely strange in comparison with today's ideas. Primary resources don't show a complete picture, because there are always gaps that need to be filled along the way. For example, a lot of primary sources and writing for Viking cultures were written by Christian writers, so it doesn't offered a clear perspective on the pagan side.

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