Re: Kalamazoo


"Renia" schrieb :
Michael Kuettner wrote:
"erilar" schrieb:
"Michael Kuettner" <Michael.Kuettner@xxxxxx> wrote:

"Paul J Gans" schrieb :
Would you believe that NOBODY at that session mentioned "dark
ages" at all?

Would you believe that I pointed out the whole "Dark Ages" - nonsense
years ago as a typical Anglo-Saxon historiographic construct ?

But I'm glad to hear that the English speaking world has reached the
same point we were nearly 20 years ago.
Now that it's been mentioned, I realize I didn't hear it in any of the
sessions I attended, either.

Yes, people are starting to see the light instead of projecting the
British
special case to the rest of Europe.

We Brits project the "British special case" only to Britain because we are
an island and geographically and culturally separate from Continental
Europe.

Yeah, and Continental Europe is grateful for that. At least we eat decent
meals, drive on the right side of the road and haven't got bad teeth.

Oh wait, you were the one who insisted using the term "Dark Ages" when
discussing Late Antiquity / Early Medieval times ...
No projection ? Hmmmmm

Cheers,

Michael Kuettner






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