History of Medieval England - Thursday 6th Period: Discussion 1: Introduction and Pre-history to 500

[prof-methos.livejournal.com]

Good afternoon, class. Now I get to torture you all by making you all stand up and introduce yourselves to your classmates. This is because I'm sadistic want to get you used to the concept of talking during our discussion sessions. Please give your name and what one thing you'd like to find out in this class.

Your homework, due next Tuesday but to be posted in this post is to pick a topic from the once-optional-now-mandatory reading list I gave you on Prehistoric Britain and Roman Britain and give me ETA a minimum of one hundred Wikipedia words on it. Got it? Good.

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Comments

Re: DISCUSSION 3: General Medieval English History Questions

[swerval_zero]

"None of it from that far back can really be accepted as pure fact. There's all sorts of stuff smack alongside what we take as fact that's just...pure fiction. Sea monsters and fairies and the like. The story of how Christianity came to Britain is absolutely hilarious."

Zero blinks a few times before realizing, "Actually, considering what I know now, the sea monsters and the fairies might be on the level, too."

Re: DISCUSSION 3: General Medieval English History Questions

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"I get annoyed at what's taken as fact," Parker grumbled. "People need to be called on it." Then she rubbed the bridge of her nose. "Yeah, Fandom's warped my ability to take anything I've believed was fiction as accepted fiction either. I guess we just keep re-examining the sources."