SC - Authenticity through documentation
kat
kat at kagan.com
Thu Jun 18 11:04:02 PDT 1998
kallyr at aol.com writes:
> This brings up a point-- why do we propose to believe that
> everything written in period was accurate? Didn't they lie in period?
Of course they did. History has always been written by whoever won the battle.
The trick lies in researching *around* the lie. Henry Tudor's propagandists and, later, the Bard himself, would have us believe Richard III was a hunchback. Until you get a look at his armor, which has been preserved for posterity. Or read accounts of his actions in battle. :-)
- k
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