I just saw it used to describe discrete groups of historians, each group trying to answer a similat historical problem in its own way. To my ear, rightly or wrongly, the word carries a kind of criminal aspect, like "cronies", so I was surprised to see it in this context, which is apparently non-condemning and even respectful. Unless of course these were Evil historians. I suppose there may be some of these out there, but most of them stop at merely Annoying.
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ewener commented on the word coteries
I just saw it used to describe discrete groups of historians, each group trying to answer a similat historical problem in its own way. To my ear, rightly or wrongly, the word carries a kind of criminal aspect, like "cronies", so I was surprised to see it in this context, which is apparently non-condemning and even respectful. Unless of course these were Evil historians. I suppose there may be some of these out there, but most of them stop at merely Annoying.
August 3, 2009