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A historical statement is the basic component of historical narratives. It is usually described by the indication that it contains a spatio-temporal determinant, that is, that it refers to a specified place and a specified time. In historiography, however, a strictly historical statement, if it is to be a component of a narrative, must meet the additional condition, namely it must refer to (a) historical fact(s). This proviso does not apply to historical regularities formulated as strictly general statements.
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Topolski, J. (1976). Components of Narratives: Historical Statements and Laws. In: Methodology of History. Synthese Library, vol 88. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1123-5_26
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