In a message dated 2/26/03 8:03:15 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< >> the 80 years war (...) >> > Which war is that? A 50 year extension of the 30 Years War, or a 20 > year truce in the 100 Years War? :-) It's this little rebellion the netherlanders had against friendly Spanish rule / world domination in Spain's golden age (the empire where the sun never set...) Lenghty chapters in Dutch history books, barely a paragraph in my Spanish history book... History winner =/ history loser Maru Ticia ',:) >> I got caught on that also, while reading our good Dr. Brin's opening part to his high school abduction story. I'm sure it was in there as a tribute to this list. The Dutch Revolt I know. I had never known it as a numbered war. We need a Fifty Years War to fill in the gap between 30 and 80....... William Taylor ------------------- A 42 Years War would be nothing to panic about. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
