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** She is also in error when she implies in ''The Hermit of Eyton Forest'' that an ordained priest must preside at a licit wedding ceremony. Today this is true (if you can get a priest in a reasonable amount of time), but not in the 12th century—and a long time thereafter—when a declaration of intent, with or without witnesses, followed by consummation was sufficient for canonically valid marriage. However a boy under fourteen could ''not'' make a valid marriage, and the issue of free consent would have made this a no-brainer to any canon court. |
** She is also in error when she implies in ''The Hermit of Eyton Forest'' that an ordained priest must preside at a licit wedding ceremony. Today this is true (if you can get a priest in a reasonable amount of time), but not in the 12th century—and a long time thereafter—when a declaration of intent, with or without witnesses, followed by consummation was sufficient for canonically valid marriage. However a boy under fourteen could ''not'' make a valid marriage, and the issue of free consent would have made this a no-brainer to any canon court. |
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** To be fair however Canon Law was still in the process of being codified in the 12th c. and laymen were to continue being confused about it for centuries after it was. Still, Father Abbot at least should have known better. |
** To be fair however Canon Law was still in the process of being codified in the 12th c. and laymen were to continue being confused about it for centuries after it was. Still, Father Abbot at least should have known better. |
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* For in-universe history Lord Rust, particularly in [[Terry Pratchett]]'s ''[[ |
* For in-universe history Lord Rust, particularly in [[Terry Pratchett]]'s ''[[Jingo]]'', either falls to this or errs regarding military history. Examples include believing their army can defeat the Klatchians, citing similar battles from history as evidence. His aide is left the job of pointing out details such as "One side was mounted on elephants", "There was an earthquake", "They ''lost''", and "That was just a nursery story". |
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* ''[[Dear America|My Heart Is On The Ground]]'' by Ann Rinaldi failed history. The book is about Nannie Little Rose, a Lakota Native American girl who is sent to Carlisle Indian Industrial School. Firstly, Nannie probably would not have been given a diary in the first place, which discounts the whole book. But, let's say she was. She would not refer to herself as "Sioux", instead she would use her area or band. Rinaldi also gets many Lakota customs wrong, mainly by using American descriptions of them rather than finding out what actually happened. She even makes up the more "Indian" sounding [[You No Take Candle|words]] for Lakota words that already exist, such as "night-middle-made" and "friend-to-go-between-us". A detailed list of the historical inaccuracies can be found [https://web.archive.org/web/20120202063423/http://www.oyate.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=111:my-heart-is-on-the-ground&catid=35:avoid here]. |
* ''[[Dear America|My Heart Is On The Ground]]'' by Ann Rinaldi failed history. The book is about Nannie Little Rose, a Lakota Native American girl who is sent to Carlisle Indian Industrial School. Firstly, Nannie probably would not have been given a diary in the first place, which discounts the whole book. But, let's say she was. She would not refer to herself as "Sioux", instead she would use her area or band. Rinaldi also gets many Lakota customs wrong, mainly by using American descriptions of them rather than finding out what actually happened. She even makes up the more "Indian" sounding [[You No Take Candle|words]] for Lakota words that already exist, such as "night-middle-made" and "friend-to-go-between-us". A detailed list of the historical inaccuracies can be found [https://web.archive.org/web/20120202063423/http://www.oyate.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=111:my-heart-is-on-the-ground&catid=35:avoid here]. |
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* [[John Keats]]'s ''On First Looking into [[Woolseyism|Chapman's]] [[Homer]]'' compares the experience to "stout Cortez" becoming the first European to see the Pacific. Actually, Vasco Nunez de Balboa was the first one to do this. |
* [[John Keats]]'s ''On First Looking into [[Woolseyism|Chapman's]] [[Homer]]'' compares the experience to "stout Cortez" becoming the first European to see the Pacific. Actually, Vasco Nunez de Balboa was the first one to do this. |
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