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Post by sandwiches on Feb 9, 2014 20:15:17 GMT
Perhaps an equivalent of that idea is found here: www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1397905/Henry-stamped-out-Industrial-Revolution.htmlHenry 'stamped out Industrial Revolution'
The turbulent love life of Henry VIII, which led to the Reformation and dissolution of the monasteries, may also have postponed the industrial revolution by 200 years.
Archaeologists have found evidence that the Cistercian monks of Rievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire, were developing a prototype blast furnace for the large-scale production of cast iron when they were evicted by the king in 1538.
Without the Reformation, it is possible that the seeds of industrial Britain could have been sown in the tranquil cloisters of North Yorkshire.
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Post by wraggy on Feb 10, 2014 5:03:16 GMT
Tim, are you going to discuss the 'steampunk greeks' myth (the idea that the ancient greeks were some kind of super genius wonder civilization that would have given the human civilization flying machines/ the end of irrationality/ the cure for premature balding if only situation x,y, and/or z had not occurred)? You bet. Damn those God botherers. They have a lot to answer for.
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