The historical validity of the Chronicle of Monemvasia is still a subject of academic dispute.

Krakatoa has passed into history, so it has historical validity.

The historical validity of the story may be disputed, but its credibility as a legend has remained intact in local tradition.

In both the commercial and the cultural setting, there is a transfer of values, from real objects of esthetic and historical validity to lesser products.

Regardless of the historical validity of the division, Rwandans in the late 20th century acted as if they were real.

Questions were also periodically raised as to the historical validity of the Soviet-Romanian border.

Whatever the historical validity of the story, it is significant it was the daughter of a miller to whom folk tradition assigned this rebellious role.

Neither Sunni or Shi'ite tradition acknowledge the historical validity of this narration.

Besides, the historical validity of the Rig Veda has not been established.

The Islamic fundamentalist interpretation of the same confrontation has its own historical validity.