History is Ridiculous
Oct. 17th, 2011 03:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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metaquotesrecessional would like to share a thought with all of us:It sounds much more impressive when you say "during the ninth century, much of Europe was ruled by Charlemagne, who often personally lead his wars accompanied by his sword Joyeuse" . . .
. . .as opposed to when you say, "In the eight hundreds in Europe, a guy named Big Karl was in charge, and he totally fought with a sword he called 'Happy'."
Context is that history is much more ridiculous than you might think.
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Date: 2011-10-18 08:33 pm (UTC)Brilliant.