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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Curtin" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Kerry Nelson" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 12:13 PM
Subject: Re: King Arthur
> This subject is related to a book I just received, "The Years without
> Summer" British Archaeological Reports (2000), edited by Joel Gunn of the
> University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, which contemplates the effects
of
> the AD 536 event. The popular book on this subject is by David Keys,
titled
> "Catastrophe: A Quest for the Origins of the Modern World," Ballantine
> Books(1999). Keys has a section on the British Isles. I think that the
Gunn
> volume does too, but I just received it, left it in the office and can't
> check the contents right now. There is also some mention of this in Brian
> Fagan's new book, "The Long Summer: How Climate Changed Civilization,"
> Basic Books (2004). Part of Chapter 10 relies on Keys' book. These books
> provide references to the work of M.G.L. Baillie, who started this
> discussion several years ago.
>
>Ed
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Robert Marcom" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 8:48 PM
> > Subject: Re: King Arthur
> >
> >
> > > There is, apparently, some support for the idea of a cometary impact
in
> > 536
> > > CE. Check out http://www.cf.ac.uk/news/releases/0402/040203.html
> > >
> > > Robert Marcom
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