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☕Do we glamourise the past?☕ I've always been $☕Do we glamourise the past?☕ I've always been fascinated by eras from centuries past. On the one hand, the history captured my interest: facts about greedy kings and cunning princesses, knights and peasants and chimney-sweeps. It's incredible to learn about times that have come before - the people, the landscapes, and the architecture; the unsolved mysteries and little-known stories. There is an endless well of history to discover, so complex and layered that it would take centuries to read even a fraction of it. So that's history: the facts. But there's another part that goes hand-in-hand, and has probably held my interest even more than just the facts - instead, capturing my imagination: the aesthetics. The dark castle corridors, mahogany floors and flowing cloaks of the Middle Ages. The bejewelled curtain-thick dresses, woven tapestries and wooden-panelled buildings of Tudor times. The ebony veils, clinking teacups and smog-filled streets of Victoria's age. The newsboy caps, roast dinners and flower prints of the 1940s... and that's just Britain. Strangely, I find such comfort in these images of the past. Probably, because I've seen them depicted in films I love. Therefore, my emotional attachment to them could come from any of these things: - I find the visuals pretty - the historical facts are interesting - I've connected with the historical stories, and know that those people were real once, so there's a tangible link - the movies I've watched have captured a version of those eras, and I love the characters/stories of those movies, so I associate them with a cosy feel If it's the latter... is there a danger in fictionalising the past; turning it into a story that brings comfort, instead of a lesson that raises questions? Is watching actors in fancy costumes, portraying a version of the past, an insult to history textbooks... or a complement to them? I think for me, it's both. Sometimes I want a thought-provoking insight into the mechanics of history. Other times, I simply want to sit on the sofa and escape to a recreated world that evokes eras past, and enjoy the stories within them, fictional or not. • 📜What's your favourite historical era?📜$

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$☕Do we glamourise the past?☕ I've always been fascinated by eras from centuries past. On the one hand, the history captured my interest: facts about greedy kings and cunning princesses, knights and peasants and chimney-sweeps. It's incredible to learn about times that have come before - the people, the landscapes, and the architecture; the unsolved mysteries and little-known stories. There is an endless well of history to discover, so complex and layered that it would take centuries to read even a fraction of it. So that's history: the facts. But there's another part that goes hand-in-hand, and has probably held my interest even more than just the facts - instead, capturing my imagination: the aesthetics. The dark castle corridors, mahogany floors and flowing cloaks of the Middle Ages. The bejewelled curtain-thick dresses, woven tapestries and wooden-panelled buildings of Tudor times. The ebony veils, clinking teacups and smog-filled streets of Victoria's age. The newsboy caps, roast dinners and flower prints of the 1940s... and that's just Britain. Strangely, I find such comfort in these images of the past. Probably, because I've seen them depicted in films I love. Therefore, my emotional attachment to them could come from any of these things: - I find the visuals pretty - the historical facts are interesting - I've connected with the historical stories, and know that those people were real once, so there's a tangible link - the movies I've watched have captured a version of those eras, and I love the characters/stories of those movies, so I associate them with a cosy feel If it's the latter... is there a danger in fictionalising the past; turning it into a story that brings comfort, instead of a lesson that raises questions? Is watching actors in fancy costumes, portraying a version of the past, an insult to history textbooks... or a complement to them? I think for me, it's both. Sometimes I want a thought-provoking insight into the mechanics of history. Other times, I simply want to sit on the sofa and escape to a recreated world that evokes eras past, and enjoy the stories within them, fictional or not. • 📜What's your favourite historical era?📜$

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