Hindsight Is Caused by a Lack of Foresight

I begin this gloomy Sunday morning (while everyone else, including the recuperating dog) is still asleep, pondering ancient history. It seems that the events of the past can be made much more interesting than our high-school and college history books made out. For instance, consider this:

"Medeval society was arranged like a tree, with your nobles in the upper twigs and your pesants grubbing around the roots. This was known as the manurial system, where land was passed through fathers to sons by primogenuflecture. Power belonged to a patriarchy empowering all genders except the female. Nuns, for example, were generally women. In the early part of the Middle Ages female nuns were free to commit random acts of contrition and redemption. Later they were forcibly enclustered in harems. Russia was run over by Batu Cohen and crushed under the Mongol yolk. Certain tribes of India practiced voodoo innuendo. The Crusades, meanwhile, enlarged opportunities for travel."

A history teacher has compiled student bloopers into a couple of most interesting and entertaining accounts of the history of civilization. I found the link on my niece's blog. If you'd like a chuckle, click here.