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[sjester]

Oh good lord. Nothing like someone being cluelessly know-it-all about the SCA. My favorite part is where she says that the Battle of Maldon is "when the Anglo-Saxons finally kicked Viking ass." Yeah, except for the part where they lost. Horribly. Points for trying to not apply the term "Dark Ages" to the Middle Ages, though.

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[meghanh.livejournal.com]

Except that her definition of "Dark Ages" is just so asinine. Even the commenters' favorite source, the oh-so-problematic Wikipedia, includes the modern academic dismissal of the term.

You made my head hurt. ;-)

[sjester.livejournal.com]

Oh, it made me hurt too. That's why I had to share.

[imbrium8.livejournal.com]

Maybe she meant the Battle of Brunanburh? Maybe? A little bit?
My head hurts, too. The whole stupid-incorrectly-mocking-the-stupid thing is a bit dizzying.

[meghanh.livejournal.com]

That was my devout hope as well, but if you read the comments, someone else also identifies Maldon as a winning battle against the Vikings. Ouch.

[alannaofdoom.livejournal.com]

except for the part where they lost

...maybe she meant they literally kicked Viking ass, and then were massacred in retaliation? Or something? No?

[sjester.livejournal.com]

No, don't think so. She just needs to stick to talking about gadgets and techie toys, I think. Leave the medieval history to the people who actually read books.

Wait, was that unnecessarily snarky?