Question

When a historian is "sourcing" a document, what are they doing?

Answer 1

Answer: See explanation

Explanation:

Sourcing a document simply means inquiring about where a particular document came from in order to know the origins of the document, and also try to understand it.

Sourcing a document is regarded as the first step to take in order to understand historical documents.

Historians source a document by looking at who the author is, when the document was was created, why was it created and the purpose of the document.