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James developed his anti-witch thing in Scotland long before he had anything to do with England, and long before he convened the Bible Committee (he wrote the Daemonologie in 1597). It should be noted ...

I now believe I can put the whole picture together. Hitherto, you will remember, I have assumed that Beowulf and similar poetic fragments were the product of fecund sixteenth century minds producing a ...

This is extraordinary! As far as I am aware transubstantiation was not an issue (did it even exist?) in Anglo-Saxon times. I believe it only came into prominence (existence?) during the late medieval ...

Do I see a Tudor chancer skipping through the Church Lists on the lookout for a believable name? Good point about the thirty copies, though I'd like to know what "apparently" means. This is ...

Actually, it doesn't say that at all.

as it gives priority to the partial OE gloss in one of the manuscripts and subordinates the main Latin text
suggests (to me) that there are at least two orig ...

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Topic: Remember, Remember, the Fifth of November
John Hailey Replies: 280 Views: 186780	Forum: British History Posted: 11:40 am Subject: Remember, Remember, the Fifth of November
John Hailey Replies: 280 Views: 186780	James developed his anti-witch thing in Scotland long before he had anything to do with England, and long before he convened the Bible Committee (he wrote the Daemonologie in 1597). It should be noted ...
Topic: Inventing History : forgery: a great British tradition
John Hailey Replies: 2712 Views: 681553	Forum: British History Posted: 1:02 pm Subject: Inventing History : forgery: a great British tradition
John Hailey Replies: 2712 Views: 681553	I now believe I can put the whole picture together. Hitherto, you will remember, I have assumed that Beowulf and similar poetic fragments were the product of fecund sixteenth century minds producing a ...
Topic: Inventing History : forgery: a great British tradition
John Hailey Replies: 2712 Views: 681553	Forum: British History Posted: 12:28 pm Subject: Inventing History : forgery: a great British tradition
John Hailey Replies: 2712 Views: 681553	This is extraordinary! As far as I am aware transubstantiation was not an issue (did it even exist?) in Anglo-Saxon times. I believe it only came into prominence (existence?) during the late medieval ...
Topic: Inventing History : forgery: a great British tradition
John Hailey Replies: 2712 Views: 681553	Forum: British History Posted: 12:14 pm Subject: Inventing History : forgery: a great British tradition
John Hailey Replies: 2712 Views: 681553	Do I see a Tudor chancer skipping through the Church Lists on the lookout for a believable name? Good point about the thirty copies, though I'd like to know what "apparently" means. This is ...
Topic: Inventing History : forgery: a great British tradition
John Hailey Replies: 2712 Views: 681553	Forum: British History Posted: 11:20 am Subject: Inventing History : forgery: a great British tradition
John Hailey Replies: 2712 Views: 681553	Actually, it doesn't say that at all. as it gives priority to the partial OE gloss in one of the manuscripts and subordinates the main Latin text suggests (to me) that there are at least two orig ...