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Information about Dubious historical resources

The following is a canon of historical resources (often cited as though they
were completely historically accurate) which may well be open to a
considerable degree of question and must be used with the greatest of care:

   * Religious texts (Bible, Quran etc.), intended to push a particular
     doctrine.
   * The "Historia Regum Britanniae" History of the Kings of Britain by
     Geoffrey of Monmouth
   * The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
   * The Calendar of Saints (in any edition)
   * The Liber Pontificalis
   * Gaius Cornelius Tacitus
   * Plutarch, and other authors whose stated aim is to write exemplary
     biography
   * Herodotus
   * The Hitler Diaries, which were a complete forgery.

The following could be included on the list, but is rather more of a
humorous book than a historical resource, containing deliberately mangled
history.

   * 1066 and All That: A Memorable History of England

Also in citing historical resources keep in mind that what may generally
regarded as truth by one generation of historians, may become extremely
controversial by the next generation, who may not only have more complete
facts, but may also be looking at the situation with a different set of
historical biases. Case in point, lots of things that have been written
about the History of China, in particular the post-Song "decline", anything
about Zheng He, the 1911 revolution, the interaction between China and
Europe in the 19th century, the interaction between China and Europe before
the 19th century.

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