More History Bloopers
This page contains a selection of history bloopers, gathered from a best-selling compilation by Viking Press published under the pseudonym of Alexander Abingdon in 1931. The selected extracts, edited and rearranged, are reproduced for readers in countries where the book is in the public domain, which, to the best of our knowledge, includes Australia (because more than 70 years have passed since the book's publication and because the so-called anonymous rule applies). For other countries, please check your local copyright laws.
There were no Christians among the early Gauls, they were mostly lawyers
The crusades were fought in plasticine
Joan of Arc was burned because they thought she was a witchess, but centuries after she was beautified by the Pope
"You must have eggs to make an omelette" is one of Napoleon’s most remarkable sayings
The Germans are very queer. Some of their laws are so riggid, and some are very laxative
When Henry I died he left two children, a daughter Matilda, and a niece Stephen
Magna Carta provided that no free man should be hanged twice for the same offence
Charles I conducted three Parliaments and was all the time dissolving
William the Third came to the throne by the Act of Circumcision
The new Poor Law put an end to the long suffering poor
Castlereagh shot himself with his pen knife
The government of England is a limited mockery
Benjamin Franklin died in 1790, and is still dead
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