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To: SunkenCiv

Historical revisionism. Simon De Montfort was a Gallo speaking Norman who would have looked down on the Angles he ruled. This was not a battle for democracy but rather for barons to rule as petty tyrants in their own lands rather than with a king above them.


10 posted on 12/29/2014 3:11:25 AM PST by Cronos (ObamaÂ’s dislike of Assad is not based on AssadÂ’s brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
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To: Cronos

Historical revisionism. Yes, it was. See, two can play that game.


12 posted on 12/29/2014 3:28:17 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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