How are research papers written in history?

by Hexorg

I've published in engineering journals before, and after some unrelated discussion I realized I have no idea how historians publish. How do you test a historical hypothesis? Do you have to rely on archeology? Are there other fields you rely on?

silverappleyard

While there’s always more to say on the subject, I think you might be interested in u/mikedash‘s comment in this thread, and the links u/restricteddata included: