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Waggle BearsThanks DebbieD, Sue Ann and Raggey Rat. I'm happy that you're enjoying your history lessons. And thank you for noticing my avatar.
Continued from yesterday...
In midevil times most people were alliterate. The greatest writer of the futile ages was Chaucer, who wrote many poems and verses and also wrote literature. During this time, people put on morality plays about ghosts, goblins, virgins, and other mythical creatures. Another story was about William Tell, who shot an arrow through an apple while standing on his son's head.
The Renaissance was an age in which more individuals felt the value of their human being. Martin Luther was nailed to the church door at Wittenberg for selling papal indulgences. He died a horrible death, being excommunicated by a bull. It was the painter Donatello's interest in the female nude that made him the father of the Renaissance.
The government of England was a limited mockery. From the womb of Henry VIII Protestantism was born. He found walking difficult because he had an abbess on his knee.
Queen Elizabeth was the "Virgin Queen." As a queen she was a success. When Elizabeth exposed herself before her troops, they all shouted "hurrah." Then her navy went out and defeated the Spanish Armadillo.
It was an age of great inventions and discoveries. Gutenberg invented removeable type and the Bible. Another important invention was the circulation of blood. Sir Walter Raleigh is a historical figure because he invented cigarettes and started smoking. And Sir Francis Drake circumcised the world with a 100-foot clipper.
The greatest writter of the Renaissance was William Shakespeare. Shakespeare was born in the year 1564, supposedly on his birthday. He never made much money and is famous only because of his plays. He wrote tragedies, comedies, and hysterectomies, all in Islamic pentameter.
In one of Shakespeare's famous plays, Hamlet rations out his situation by relieving himself in a long soliloquy. His mind is filled with the filth of incestuous sheets which he pours over everytime he sees his mother. In another play, Lady Macbeth tries to convince Macbeth to kill the King by attacking his manhood. The clown in As you Like It was named Touchdown, and Romeo and Juliet are an example of a herioc couplet. Romeo's last wish was to be laid by Juliet.
I'm sure this is alot for you to absorb in one lesson, so we'll continue tomorrow... 
Past Time BearsBoy, I'm lovin' this new slant on history . . . look forward to the next one. :crackup: :crackup: :crackup: :crackup:
Charlotte Des Roches DesignsOMG...this is so much fun!!! Hubby & I watched Troy last night...the one with Brad Pitt...and we laughed more than most would...because so much of that stuff has a whole new meaning now with this wonderful history lesson!!!Loving it & can't wait for the next installment...Thanks so much for sharing it!!!
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Posts: 3,540:crackup: :crackup: At least now I know to put my mint tea down before reading these....the first one I just about snorted tea up my nose :crackup:
Oh man, if 'history' had been half this fun in school.....I'm sure history teachers everywhere are either mourning 
or laughing hysterically as well :crackup: Let's hope its the latter... 
