What you are describing basically just what all historians do. All historians are "debunkers," because to be doing novel research, they have to be disputing pri

What you are describing basically just what all historians do. All historians are "debunkers," because to be doing novel research, they have to be disputing prior claims about their historical field of interest. e.g. Bulstrode is here "debunking" (incorrectly, it seems) the prevailing story about Cort's ironmaking progress.