ALDINETRANSACTION PREFACE, ALDINETRANSACTION INTRODUCTION, PREFACE, I. ORAL TRADITION AND HISTORICAL METHODOLOGY, II. TRADITION AS A CHAIN OF TESTIMONIES, III. UNDERSTANDING THE TESTIMONY, IV. THE TESTIMONY AS A MIRAGE OF REALITY, V. THE EVALUATION OF TESTIMONIES, VI. HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE, VII. THE INTERPRETATION OF HISTORY, NOTES, BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS CITED, INDEX