Given that I own a set of lectures that includes 20 lectures covering the period between 500 and roughly 1000 AD, and two sets of 24 lectures each for 1000 AD through 1500 AD, I’m kind of surprised to hear that nothing happened.
Those years happened, they just got the dates wrong.
(That’s the premise.)
Just proves that you’re part of the greaaaaat conspiracy.
No, I’m a victim! Who do I sue for deluding me?
Is there any speculation on why Illig and Niemitz came up with their Phantom Time hypothesis? Do they have any rational for why the fake years were added?
Yeah, if only there were some record from that period, like a piece of art, that recorded a historical event and just happened to match it with a clear cut astronomical phenomenon like the appearance of Halley’s Comet.
For some people, the thought, “I just had a brilliant idea,” is like crack cocaine—just one hit and you’re addicted.
I mean that in all seriousness.
Even if many years from the middle ages have been lost, it doesn’t matter. The Tea Party will soon bring them back.