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They didn't find it yet, but they suspect such a church may be there in Newfounland. This would be one of North America's oldest churches.Search hopes to find 510-year-old Nfld. churchThis is what I found interesting, and why I would like to do more original research in my studies - a researcher happened to come across a reference to an expedition, apparently opening the door for more inquiry into all of this.
Last week, Canwest News Service revealed a researcher's discovery of a 1499 letter in which Henry VII himself describes a previously unknown expedition to Canada headed by William Weston, a Bristol merchant who is finally emerging -- five centuries after his death -- as a key backer of Cabot's quest to establish an English foothold in North America.
The search to overshadow Columbus continues. The fact remains that Columbus and his voyages were the spark that lit the fire to rush the New World.
The search to overshadow Columbus continues. The fact remains that Columbus and his voyages were the spark that lit the fire to rush the New World.
Do you really think it's like that? I didn't think so....seems like there are still some pretty interesting and significant archaeological finds to be made in North America aside from Columbus-related ones.
Yes, I really think academia would love to be able to overshadow Columbus. They have spent the last 30 years trying to paint him as a murderous genocide who is to blame for everything bad that has happened in the America's because if he had not come then the natives would have continued to live in blissful ignorance until a more enlightened and humane westerner or even Chinese came along. The character assassination continues, witness the other thread Ski started (Brown University changes Columbus Day), that is just one symptom of a wider disease wherein the post-modernists are attempting to indict the entirety of western civilization. I don't mean to be offensive but this is exactly how I see it. Obama is doing the same thing in his overseas speeches. He even tried to claim that Arabs invented the printing press when he went to Egypt.
But scout, isn't there a difference between calling Columbus a genocidal murderer and finding a British church in NF? At least the British lasted quite a bit longer than the short-lived Viking settlement in the same area. JMHO, I don't think this has anything to do with discrediting Columbus.
Maybe I am just seeing shadows. Somehow I doubt it though. The chorus against Columbus grows by the year. The post-modernists are going out of their way to rewrite history and change the way we see our past.
On principle I agree with you. The Brown Univ thread is a perfect example of revisionism. But why think recent archaeological evidence should be considered revisionism? This is a major find, but not a major history-changing event. When Brown says something negative about this newly discovered church and the evils of Christianity then you can consider it revisionism. Maybe some genius there will write a thesis about how the members of this church killed off the Vikings. ::)
