This book addresses how historians produce knowledge throughthe act of contextualization. In eleven chapters, the authorsdemonstrate how they proceed to create, interpret, or reinterprethistorical, cultural, and societal contexts. The aim is to stimulatereflection and discussion about what contextualization meansand how it is done. As a practice, contextualization is a crucialelement of all historical studies, whether concerned with language, artifacts, actions, or events. Bringing the reader into the scholarly process of contextualization, demonstrating various ways oftaking on the task, the book invites students as well as established scholars to consider the possibilities contained in a seeminglyordinary aspect of the historian’s work. There will always be newways of making sense of history. This is why historical studies aresuch an important part of the knowledge base of our society.