This distinction is an Academy synthesis, not a claim that the historians agree. Specific contradictory assertions still need primary-source adjudication.
Schrad disputes interpretations he associates with Okrent and McGirr, emphasizing marginalized actors’ resistance. Read beside McGirr’s selective-enforcement analysis, this raises distinct questions about who sought reform and who later exercised its powers.
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Paraphrase and use
Schrad disputes interpretations he associates with Okrent and McGirr, emphasizing marginalized actors’ resistance. Read beside McGirr’s selective-enforcement analysis, this raises distinct questions about who sought reform and who later exercised its powers.
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Physical PDF pp. 35–37; printed pp. 10–12, as shown in these passages.
Qualification
This distinction is an Academy synthesis, not a claim that the historians agree. Specific contradictory assertions still need primary-source adjudication.