Thanks for finding time to comment Cromwell.
The 30th Jan, and this event,is not an anniversary I forget: it is Al’s father’s birthday. He has always enjoyed its place as he is anti-monarchist and anti privilege, despite his (state funded) public and Oxford education. It is funny as his wife’s parents worked in the colonies after the war, so politically they do not see eye to eye!
Islaam really isn't as violent as you think
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Falk, for your benefit
Dark Ages 400-1050
High Middle Ages 1050-1450
Renaissance 1450-1600
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Thanks…. in germany ususally Dark Age and High Middle Age are put together to Middle Age, with distincting two or three “eras” in that.
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American Historians ussually break up the Renaissance and the middle ages with the fall of Constantinople
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Yeah, there are different ways to make that cut.
Some say Columbus, some say Fall of Byzantine…. I don’t think that you can make that up on one event. It happened around 1500, that’s good enough for me :)
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