From Ginzburg's lecture, a rewording of Kenneth Pike's insights, but from the perspective of the historian: "Historians start from questions using terms that are inevitably anachronistic. The research process modifies the initial questions on the grounds of new evidence, retrieving answers that are articulated in the actor's language and related to categories peculiar to their society, which is utterly different from ours."
From Ginzburg's lecture, a rewording of Kenneth Pike's insights, but from the perspective of the historian: "Historians start from questions using terms that are inevitably anachronistic. The research process modifies the initial questions on the grounds of new evidence, retrieving answers that are articulated in the actor's language and related to categories peculiar to their society, which is utterly different from ours."