As this richly illustrated book notes, if you insist on historical correctness, better roast some venison and wild ducks.

There are, then, two interpretive traditions with legitimate claims to historical correctness.

Filmmakers frequently admit their lapses in historical correctness but claim to have captured the spirit of the truth.

A good song for river travel, I am thinking, although some of the details have not much historical correctness.

Some streamlining took place in the 20th century even before current notions of historical correctness began to take hold about four decades ago.

The historical correctness of the novel is high, although the narrative about the early Polynesian inhabitants is based more on folklore than anthropological and archeological sources.

Free Gothic became a popular choice for architects and their clients because it was not concerned with historical correctness and therefore gave them greater freedom in their designs.

The Roman de Fergus may not be entitled to general reliability in matters of historical correctness, but Soumilloit is unlikely to have been totally made up.

Historians debate the historical correctness of the film during the intermission.

A more minimalist approach can, however, be highly satisfactory in a less visceral manner, and also conforms to the modern fashion for historical correctness.