gaps in the record
Nov. 6th, 2006 02:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
egypturnashA brief introduction to 'Phantom Time Hypothesis'. Probably complete bullshit, but the idea of about 300 years of seemingly-empty history being empty due to calendar rearrangements, rather than a few centuries of dogma and tradition holding Europe static, is a fascinating story hook.
Wikipedia's article on this and its inventor leads me to some other alternate timelines, as well as a potentially-inspirational Pseudohistory category there.
(Looking at things like the nonexistant Chicago cholera epidemic of 1885 shows how "history" can change in a mere 200 years; it's not that hard to imagine 300 years of boredom being created by error.)
Wikipedia's article on this and its inventor leads me to some other alternate timelines, as well as a potentially-inspirational Pseudohistory category there.
(Looking at things like the nonexistant Chicago cholera epidemic of 1885 shows how "history" can change in a mere 200 years; it's not that hard to imagine 300 years of boredom being created by error.)