But in fact, there is sound historical explanation for the wealth of tales that shroud the island.

For all nine, there are specific historical explanations.

And he has been defending it in part by historical explanation to a public that is increasingly unhistorical.

But the lure of this historical explanation is to be resisted.

Like many nursery rhymes, it has acquired various historical explanations.

To be successful, an exhibit must create an effective balance between visual interest and historical explanation,while still not being too overdone.

For them, naturalistic and historical explanations are always preferable to supernatural ones.

Suppose, then, that we have a set of historical explanations, as well documented as anything in conventional science.

It was a long time before they told him about the war, and that involved an enormous amount of historical explanation.

But strategy of this sort, while it is a useful analytic tool, does not contribute much to historical explanation.