[Sca-cooks] Theft of reliquaries and wars

[ysabeau]

My daughter has recently been fascinated with history. She has 
been studying Texas history and has several stories about how 
Austin was "saved" as the capitol of Texas when people sought to 
steal objects that they thought would give them claim to the 
title. The same happened in county seats...

hmmm...come to think of it, a similar theft occured in Austin a 
few years ago with redistricting...

so the saga continues even into modern day, just the items being 
stolen to maintain power and to propagate into the future have 
changed. 

Sorry...but you got me to thinking and I had to think out loud...

Ysabeau
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>
>This does bring to mind the various villages and towns in 
Southern Europe
>who all competed for pilgrim/tourist trade by having the coolest 
relic or
>artifact in the area.  Theft of reliqueries and wars and lots of 
money at
>stake.  Not exactly the same, but an effort to rein the subject 
back to a
>more period-related topic.  If you prefer the spice trades as a 
segway, that
>can work, too.
>
>
>niccolo difrancesco
>
>
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