[HN Gopher] Showing Elizabeth I in a new light ___________________________________________________________________ Showing Elizabeth I in a new light Author : pepys Score : 9 points Date : 2023-07-23 05:00 UTC (18 hours ago) (HTM) web link (blogs.bl.uk) (TXT) w3m dump (blogs.bl.uk) | some_furry wrote: | It's kinda cool that modern technology is able to uncover aspects | of the past. Thanks for sharing. | | The title is a bit mismatched for the content, though. | | I don't understand why we would _want_ to show her in a new | light. She 's a dead monarch, and in that singular aspect she's a | role model to all monarchs. | contravariant wrote: | Huh, apparently the British library got its own bl.uk domain, | that's neat. | [deleted] | NoZebra120vClip wrote: | > including earlier accounts of Elizabeth's excommunication by | Elizabeth I in 1570 | | Probably more like Pope St. Pius V. | The-Old-Hacker wrote: | It looks like a copy/paste error from the linked Guardian | article: "In 1570, Pope Pius V excommunicated Elizabeth." | https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jul/14/heart-stopping... | Oarch wrote: | Perhaps they modified the article text so as to paint Pope | Pius in a more flattering light... | NoZebra120vClip wrote: | I don't see where they copy-pasted anything; it's a | paraphrase, or simply a summary. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2023-07-23 23:01 UTC)