More 16th Century Nonsense - Edwrard De Vere

[empressstephie]

I was poking around on Amazon last night, procrastinating, and I came across a mess of books concerning the theory that William Shakespeare was a pen name for Edward De Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford. That's probably not news to anyone, there's all sorts of conspiracy theories that Shakespeare was actually someone else or a group of writers ad

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[vampire_killer]

You seem to be on a British History kick right now. I took courses in that for 2 years, it's fascinating stuff. I'm not sure I buy into some of those conspiracy theories, but they're still interesting, and entertaining. Have you ever read Thomas Cahill's How the Irish Saved Civilization? It's something I read just for fun a while back, and I think you might like it if you haven't read it already.

[empressstephie]

No I haven't read it actually, I don't know much about Ireland or Scotland. What's it about?

[vampire_killer]

O, I don't either, it's just something my Dad recommended and I picked up.

It's about how the Celts and later the Irish monks started preserving Roman art, literature and other things while most of the Germanic tribes were busy torching them all. Preserved a great many artifacts of historic importance, and so Cahill argues that it's because of the Irish that we know as much about Roman culture as we do today. He also gives his own theory as to why exactly Rome fell, which I think makes sense, and takes a look at several historical figures, including St. Patrick and the Celtic traders that originally bought him through the slave trade.

It's an interesting read, if you're into history, and I think you've proven that you are. :)

[empressstephie]

Mmm sounds up my alley, I'll look into it.

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