yeah... RIGHT...

[anotheranon]

So, the Middle Ages never happened due to the "Phantom Time Hypothesis", put forth at this link. To be fair, Illig isn't suggesting that ALL of the Middle ages were falsified, just the ~300 years between 614 and 911. This could be due to a clerical error, or, more excitingly, a conspiracy theory on the part of the Catholic Church.

This has got to be one of the larger piles of shit I think I've ever heard! I'd put forth more spirited venting about truly insane revisionism, but to be honest I'm tired to the point of stupid and just can't cough up the words. I know several of y'all are medeivalists/historians of various stripes - what say you? Have you even heard of this - it was news to me until a co-worker told me about it today.

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[shemhazai.livejournal.com]

Dude. This guy is SUCH the high middle ages bigot. "Charlemagne was a myth"...are new conspiracies really getting so hard to find these days that he needs to go back a thousand years to get one?

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

But of course! This guy lacks creativity enough to invent his own conspiracy, so now he's trying to pin his need for flakiness on some alleged "typos" from 1000 years ago :P

Would LOVE to see what the Medieval Congress makes of this guy...