[Sca-cooks] Images of Dining in Ireland 1581

[Terry Decker]

They are propaganda, but they are also extremely valuable as contemporary 
illustrations.

Here's a take on their value: 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/plantation/transcripts/ag01_t10.shtml

Bear

>A thought just struck me. Is this an early instance of propaganda? Were the
> Irish as backwards as depicted here, or did the English work at making 
> them
> look bad as an excuse to subjegate them?
>
>
> ~Aislinn~