tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post7344389158566235583..comments2024-02-26T00:59:26.907-08:00Comments on Ana the Imp: Beyond the Pale; English Perceptions of the IrishAnastasia F-Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-39926199899702005782010-05-31T15:29:03.489-07:002010-05-31T15:29:03.489-07:00Hi, Elo. It's an illustration from Hans Stade...Hi, Elo. It's an illustration from Hans Staden's sixteenth century account of cannibalism in Brazil. Not Irish cannibals at all!Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-82447751670830478522010-05-29T10:47:05.556-07:002010-05-29T10:47:05.556-07:00Hi, I just wanted to know the source of the illust...Hi, I just wanted to know the source of the illustration you used for your blog, showing the Irish as cannibals.<br />Thanks in advanceelohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10159113959819715810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-10675122060326929692010-03-17T14:59:25.456-07:002010-03-17T14:59:25.456-07:00No, not colonialism, just some praise for the impa...No, not colonialism, just some praise for the impact of the British Empire overall. Still, do not expect consistency from me, OC. :-))Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-87854512072907480402010-03-17T05:23:27.381-07:002010-03-17T05:23:27.381-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.The Old- okay fine young- Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08098961110262289454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-28127518806950311102010-03-17T02:10:28.318-07:002010-03-17T02:10:28.318-07:00Have a good one and don't spend the whole day ...Have a good one and don't spend the whole day fighting on My T. :-)Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-63728316114338167332010-03-17T01:29:05.609-07:002010-03-17T01:29:05.609-07:00Thanks for that, Ana. Happy St Patrick's Day y...Thanks for that, Ana. Happy St Patrick's Day yourself. :-)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03474878242613341163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-49298202369591400612010-03-17T01:11:23.983-07:002010-03-17T01:11:23.983-07:00Brendano, of course you are welcome; I do not bear...Brendano, of course you are welcome; I do not bear grudges, but you did make me angry. I just wish that you would accept me for what I am, as I accept you. Yes, perhaps some of my work on My T can be dismissed as 'propaganda', but I always base my conclusions on a hard core of fact. No matter; my thanks and happy Saint Patrick's Day. :-)<br /><br />Jimmy, I feel sure the compliment is returned. :-))Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-49977295155616445392010-03-16T16:17:57.163-07:002010-03-16T16:17:57.163-07:00My mum is from Mayo, Cromwell is a man whose reput...My mum is from Mayo, Cromwell is a man whose reputation hasn't eased with time lol.<br /><br />There was a BBC documentary not so long ago about how the Irish saved British civilisation (maybe they should have added a regret) - revolving around Christianity teaching literacy and Latin etc etc, and how it gave the English and Scots the tools to develope their societies. It was about Irish missionaries who attempted to Christianise the Anglo-Saxons after England became pagan after Roman withdrawal. Anyways, there was apparently competition between Irish Christianity, and the Christianity after the re-establishment of the Catholic Church. One Anglo-Saxon king apparently remarked after rejecting Irish Christianity that Ireland was nothing more than an insignificant nation on the peripherals of the west, and that England would be better off where they can operate at the heart of Europe. I think, this must be the only time when the English were Europhile lol.<br /><br />The Irish can be quite sore about the English mocking them, but, that only makes it more irresistible from my POV :).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-64766985916860006822010-03-16T15:47:31.319-07:002010-03-16T15:47:31.319-07:00Ana, someone mentioned this on your MyT blog and I...Ana, someone mentioned this on your MyT blog and I thought I'd take a look ... I don't suppose I'm particularly welcome, but I may as well say that it's a good post. Conquest came on the back of propaganda; it continued thus for centuries. It's not hard to establish that Gselic Ireland before and in parallel with the Anglo-Norman conquest was much more complex and certainly less uniformly 'barbarous' than these accounts would allow. It was merely different, with its own customs, law and language, and needed to be denigrated in order to justify the conquest, as you point out.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03474878242613341163noreply@blogger.com