SC - Gulf Wars & a question
Michael F. Gunter
mfgunter at fnc.fujitsu.com
Mon Mar 9 08:51:28 PST 1998
Nope , not even grey-area . Scholarly middle ages end between 1400 & 1460 AD (
depending on specific area ) SCA middle ages at 1600 AD ( well 1601 if you take
the pre-17th century description literally ) However it would be interesting to
know the original source , I would venture to guess it was around a lot longer
and didn't start its european life as candy .
Louise Sugar wrote:
> here is something rather interesting
> <snip>
> >O.K., so even the Spanish manuscript would be in the "grey area" as
> >far as even the A&S documentation standards of several years ago are
> >concerned. But this source does provide pre-18th century European
> >usage of chocolate candy ("Dames of Mexico" presumably being the
> >European colonials and not the peasantry, based upon the titulary
> >usage of the term...)
> >
> >For Fun, and Service,
> >Amra
<snip>
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In service.....
Wilthain Westbram
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