[Artemisia] Historiography and Richard Lionheart - final answer

[Stephanae Baker]

Just in case you were worried about me feeling slammed, I haven't  
felt slammed at any point in any of this conversation. I've very much  
enjoyed everything you've had to say, Milord, and everyone else, too.  
I'm just an argumentative old woman who has a hard time resisting the  
impulse to play devil's advocate on topics that interest me. I just  
really, really love to think. It's my favorite pastime. But I'm  
fairly hard to offend, slow to anger, and quick to forgive.

Your story about your college paper hits home! I can remember more  
than one college paper I wrote that I'd blush to let anyone peek at  
now. My degree is in English, not history. That doesn't mean I didn't  
have to be careful about sources and conclusions, but I probably did  
have a lot more freedom to pose almost any thesis I wanted to as long  
as I supported my argument and was straightforward about it when I  
knew I was being "creative."

Belladonna


On May 8, 2007, at 1:53 PM, rcfaevans at comcast.net wrote:

> I think it was Socrates....
>
> I apologize if anyone felt like I was slamming them. I really  
> wasn't slamming anyone, except myself.  I got nailed to the wall by  
> a Professor at the University of Maryland for incorporating  
> discredited sources and historiographic flaws on my final paper in  
> Early Medieval Europe.  It wouldn't have hurt so much if it wasn't  
> for the simple fact that I was totally wrong with my conclusions.
>
> Ryryd
>
> -------------- Original message --------------
> From: rayzentz at aim.com
>
>> I think that Sargeant Schultz said it best...
>>
>> "I Know Nothing! Nothing...!"
>>
>>
>> Padruig
>>
>>
>>
>> Lady Belladonna said: It's my theory that we only actually go  
>> wrong and fall
>> into historiography when we pretend that we can know much of  
>> anything at all for
>> certain.
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