For this paper I would like you to use the source provide, that you will summarize and assess in less than 500 words. compared the sources. Your chief goal will be to explain and assess the information in each source about the alleged crime, or about the trial.
In the paper, introduce your topic and what sources you will be analyzing in the paper. Once you’ve explained what each said, assess the information. What do they agree or disagree on? What seems more or less problematic to you about the source itself as authority on the subject? What do you think is more or less plausible, and why? If you cannot tell, that is completely acceptable as a conclusion, just say so and say why: what is keeping you from feeling confident? There should be a brief introduction and conclusion, an introduction that explains what you are going to write about and why, and a conclusion that sums up your views on the materials and what they tell us about the crime or the trial. You can just put in parentheses a short title of whatever source you are discussing as reference, to prove your claims: (Froissart) (Denis)
