lionelt i strongly agree that we need to be mindful of wp weight when it comes to boswell i've argued this for years as you can see in the archived discussions however considering how much traction boswell's idea has gotten virtually every work on sergius and bacchus that has been printed since discusses it very often criticizing it it does need a brief neutral mention here i believe that the stable version of the article did that it indicated what boswell said regarding sergius and bacchus and then noted specifically that other historians have criticized his methodology and interpretations there is no need for a point by point evaluation of all claims boswell makes regarding sergius and bacchus additionally not all those claims are disputed for instance that sergius and bacchus were the most popular example of paired saints indeed wp fringe specifically says not to do this it is enough to indicate that many other historians have rejected it t c