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De Situ Brittaniae
Type: Historical Forgery. Summary: A fake map of Roman Britain fooled historians for over one hundred years. De Situ Brittaniae (click for larger version.) In 1747 word of a major new historical discovery reached England. Charles Bertram (1723-65), a 24-year-old English teacher in Denmark, had found an ancient manuscript and…
Donation of Constantine
Pope Sylvester receiving the donation from Emperor ConstantineThe Donation of Constantine was a document supposedly written by emperor Constantine (285-337 A.D.) granting the Catholic Church ownership of vast territories within the western Roman Empire. The document stated that he made this generous gift out of gratitude to Pope Sylvester I…
History of Crowland
Crowland AbbeyCrowland Abbey, located deep in the Lincolnshire fens of England, was once a center for medieval religious life. Today, however, it lies mostly in ruins. A few quatrefoil window carvings and undamaged statues provide a sense of the building’s former glory, but the abbey itself is less well known…
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De Situ Brittaniae
Type: Historical Forgery. Summary: A fake map of Roman Britain fooled historians for over one hundred years. De Situ Brittaniae (click for larger version.) In 1747 word of a major new historical discovery reached England. Charles Bertram (1723-65), a 24-year-old English teacher in Denmark, had found an ancient manuscript and…
Donation of Constantine
Pope Sylvester receiving the donation from Emperor ConstantineThe Donation of Constantine was a document supposedly written by emperor Constantine (285-337 A.D.) granting the Catholic Church ownership of vast territories within the western Roman Empire. The document stated that he made this generous gift out of gratitude to Pope Sylvester I…
History of Crowland
Crowland AbbeyCrowland Abbey, located deep in the Lincolnshire fens of England, was once a center for medieval religious life. Today, however, it lies mostly in ruins. A few quatrefoil window carvings and undamaged statues provide a sense of the building’s former glory, but the abbey itself is less well known…