noreply@blogger.com (mchristy363)Sun, 1 Sep 2024 06:00:15 -0700Blogger http://www.blogger.com21614http://historymissed.blogspot.com/en-usnonoreply@blogger.comhttp://historymissed.blogspot.com/2014/09/so-how-bad-were-vikings.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mchristy363)Fri, 26 Sep 2014 12:24:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786625605461095512.post-5788657339504803290 You have undoubtedly heard the stories of the Norse raiders laying waster to parts of Northern Europe and keeping the inhabitants in fear. New research now shows that stories may in fact just be stories. As reported by National Geographic Just how bad were the Vikings? Winroth is among the scholars who believe the Vikings were no more bloodthirsty than other warriors of the period. But 0http://historymissed.blogspot.com/2014/09/and-even-more-scot-history-real.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mchristy363)Wed, 17 Sep 2014 06:37:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786625605461095512.post-2736342087018656242 In the vein of looking at the history of Scotland. I thought we could take a look at the one of most famous, at least by Hollywood standards, thank you Mr Gibson, Scot. Here are two views on Braveheart, William Wallace. The first showing the world, palaces, etc, of Wallace. And the second, a channel 4 documentary looking at the true Braveheart. (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['0http://historymissed.blogspot.com/2014/09/before-scotland-story-of-scotland-part-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mchristy363)Tue, 16 Sep 2014 11:05:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786625605461095512.post-8063586386328792461 A continuation of part 1 (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-36303634-2', '0http://historymissed.blogspot.com/2014/09/before-scotland-story-of-scotland-part-1.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mchristy363)Tue, 16 Sep 2014 08:11:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786625605461095512.post-5850991148585313719 With impeding vote that may may create one of newest independent nations, I thought a little trip down the history of Scotland was in order. (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(0