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Inspired by last night when I asked Alex to pick out a medieval This Sceptred Isle for me. He read out the dates on the box and I said sleepily "So, Elizabeth I and James I probably" and he was very impressed that I actually knew that from the dates. I asked him which century Henry VIII reigned in and he found it hard. So am I weird for knowing this stuff, or is he unusual for not knowing it. I can't really remember where I got taught it, I just kind of picked it up. I can also name all the Kings and Queens since William I in order, given a little thinking time, which I know is weird.
Inspired by last night when I asked Alex to pick out a medieval This Sceptred Isle for me. He read out the dates on the box and I said sleepily "So, Elizabeth I and James I probably" and he was very impressed that I actually knew that from the dates. I asked him which century Henry VIII reigned in and he found it hard. So am I weird for knowing this stuff, or is he unusual for not knowing it. I can't really remember where I got taught it, I just kind of picked it up. I can also name all the Kings and Queens since William I in order, given a little thinking time, which I know is weird.
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Date: November 26th, 2009 02:17 pm (UTC)From:My school year seemed to repeatedly learn the same topics (Elizabethan England being one of them) when the newish national curriculum changed its mind over what age things should be studied a few times so I have a very oddly patchy knowledge of history eg we never studied the civil war which seems rather important and I can instead discuss the Rebecca riots. Now I've picked up a Shakepearean interpretation of the Wars of the Roses and a Neal Stephenson interpretation of the restoration etc to further confuse matters :-)
I used to have an illustrated wallchart inside my wardrobe which later hung in my Granny's loo with all the kings and queens on but I would be hard-pressed to get them right and would be even worse on PMs.
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Angharadxxx