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History is...

bullet...more or less bunkHenry Ford
bullet...a fable agreed upon. Napoleon Bonaparte
bullet...but the glorification of murderers and robbers. Karl Poper
bullet...an endless repetition of the wrong way of living. Lawrence Durrell
bullet...little more than a register of crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind. Edward Gibbons

Other quotes propose that a country is lucky if it has a boring history! Is boring, best?

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. G B Shaw

and what about Historians? Well...

It is said that though God cannot alter the past, historians can. Perhaps that is why it can be useful for Him to tolerate their existence.  Samuel Butler

Ignorance is the first requisite of the historian - ignorance which simplifies and clarifies, which select and omits. Lytton Strachey

and how long is history?

 

Interesting links

bullet Battle of Fulford
bullet Battle of Stamford Bridge
bullet Battle of Hastings
bullet English Heritage
bullet Battlefields Trust
bullet Young Archaeologists Club (CAB)
bullet York Archaeological Trust
bullet Regia re-enactors
bullet Viking re-enactors
bulletOnline documents

Events

bullet Riccall Rampage 24 July 2010
bullet Jorvik Festival (there will be another one in 2011!)
bullet Fulford Festival 2010
bullet Festival of archaeology 2010

 

 

 

 

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