21. The author suggests that, before the early 1950 s, most historians who studied preindustrial Europe did which of the following?
Failed to make distinctions among members of the preindustrial European political and social elite.
Used investigatory methods that were almost exclusively statistical in nature.
Inaccurately estimated the influence of the preindustrial European political and social elite.
Confined their work to a narrow range of the preindustrial European population.
Tended to rely heavily on birth, marriage, and death records.
22. According to the passage, the case histories extracted by historians have
scarcely illuminated the attitudes of the political and social elite
indicated the manner in which those in power apportioned justice
focused almost entirely on the thoughts and feelings of different social groups toward crime and the law
been considered the first kind of historical writing that utilized the records of legal courts
been based for the most part on the trial testimony of police and other legal authorities
23. It can be inferred from the passage that much of the early work by historians on the European nonelite of the preindustrial period might have been more illuminating if these historians had
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