Thread: Has History been messed with?
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Old 04-16-2007, 05:14 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Jefferson View Post
History has always been written by and for the victors.
True, and written to support the victors agenda's over the conquereds interests, many times through religious influence.

For most of European history, only the elite or religious leaders had access to literature, which was often written in Latin, not the vernacular tongue of the peasantry. Most of the population was illiterate.
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