Re: SHM stats for January

Peter Alaca <P.Alaca@xxxxxx> wrote:
Paul J Gans wrote: ds3bf2$cl2$10@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,

Kathy <kathy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In article <1139024031.670906.73700@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Z.A. <zeba44@xxxxxxxxx> writes

Actual medieval topics discussed in January at SHM:

snip of interesting list - didn't realise we had managed to cover so
much [no doubt due to not reading all of them]

C.S.A. Secession In 1861

I know some areas of southern USA are considered to be a bit backward
looking, but can we really class this as medieval? :-}

No.

Nor can we class the Kensington Rune Stone stuff as "medieval
history", though we can certainly journey over to sci.archaeology
and argue it.

---- Paul J. Gans

The KRS is medieval speculation with a lot of
(misunderstood and misinterpreted) history,
and for some with a social function.
That is shm, isn't it?

No. We deal only in authenticated facts, not with legends
shown to be non-factual over and over again. The fact that
there is a drawing of the Kensington Rune Stone on the Vinland
Map notwithstanding, it is an absolute fact that the KRS is
not an absolute fact.

And that's a fact.

----- Paul J. Gans


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