Words put in their mouths by skeptical modern historians. Truth is, scribes and messengers were harshly punished if they did not record the events in an accurate manner.
I find it aggravating that we're implicitly told to distrust and doubt the honesty of contemporary accounts of history. It's getting overemphasized and downright cynical these days.
As Napoleon Bonaparte once said "History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon."
Which no one does anymore... except that Henry the VIII was a great king who dragged England kicking and screaming into the Renaissance!
Wasn’t it “a set of lies people have agreed upon”?
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Magazine, from Abicantengpeterdonburyborough
Lololololzzzz....😂😂
The bloopers for this are so funny😂
Henry VIII: "I hope you put effort into Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, because I'm burning all your books, and throwing you out on the street, monks!"
Shouldve been a SMASHING SAXONS
Lol, I remember seeing the blooper version of this!
Sophia Szeneitas this wasn’t the blooper?
yeah. Simon kept saying 'everybody' instead of 'everyone' XD
And not even the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle could get that right.
What about the Normans and Vikings!
What episode and season is it?
Danes and Vikings, wait a minute the Danes were the Vikings right?
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Words put in their mouths by skeptical modern historians. Truth is, scribes and messengers were harshly punished if they did not record the events in an accurate manner.
Indeed. It was only about 600 years later with Thomas Cromwell and his grossly exaggerated report for Henry VIII where inaccuracies were accepted.
Historians often write whatever they want. So naughty, isn't it?
I find it aggravating that we're implicitly told to distrust and doubt the honesty of contemporary accounts of history. It's getting overemphasized and downright cynical these days.
And that is war-chester not wooster😊
No it's pronounced wooster.