[HN Gopher] Showing Elizabeth I in a new light
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       Showing Elizabeth I in a new light
        
       Author : pepys
       Score  : 9 points
       Date   : 2023-07-23 05:00 UTC (18 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (blogs.bl.uk)
 (TXT) w3m dump (blogs.bl.uk)
        
       | some_furry wrote:
       | It's kinda cool that modern technology is able to uncover aspects
       | of the past. Thanks for sharing.
       | 
       | The title is a bit mismatched for the content, though.
       | 
       | I don't understand why we would _want_ to show her in a new
       | light. She 's a dead monarch, and in that singular aspect she's a
       | role model to all monarchs.
        
       | contravariant wrote:
       | Huh, apparently the British library got its own bl.uk domain,
       | that's neat.
        
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       | NoZebra120vClip wrote:
       | > including earlier accounts of Elizabeth's excommunication by
       | Elizabeth I in 1570
       | 
       | Probably more like Pope St. Pius V.
        
         | The-Old-Hacker wrote:
         | It looks like a copy/paste error from the linked Guardian
         | article: "In 1570, Pope Pius V excommunicated Elizabeth."
         | https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jul/14/heart-stopping...
        
           | Oarch wrote:
           | Perhaps they modified the article text so as to paint Pope
           | Pius in a more flattering light...
        
           | NoZebra120vClip wrote:
           | I don't see where they copy-pasted anything; it's a
           | paraphrase, or simply a summary.
        
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