Whitby, however, emphasizes the legal scholar's acceptance and inclusion of information written by other historians who adopted opposing stances, when he discerned that their accounts were reliable.
Whitby, bagaimanapun, menekankan penerimaan sarjana hukum dan penyertaan informasi yang ditulis oleh sejarawan lain yang mengadopsi sikap menentang, ketika ia menemukan bahwa catatan mereka dapat diandalkan.