18-12-2021, 03:19 PM
(14-12-2021, 01:00 PM)bi3mw Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.What do you think ?
I think this is yet another example of a theorist applying societal standards of another time to the Voynich. Which is strange for “historians” (of any kind). Assuming that being a bastard would somehow be a negative or actionable enough issue for a group to justify the making of a type of collective protest manuscript is stuck somewhere in the 1800- early 1900s, I’d say. Particularly true since that group must have the means and literacy to produce that manuscript - which cancels out the whole motivation in my view. That is, if you are privileged enough to produce the Voynich manuscript not sure protesting your station in life makes a lot of sense.
Finally, for other reasons l had researched the presence of bastard children in a nobile line at the time and it was, frankly ubiquitous (basically every single male in that particular line had produced at least one bastard). They were known, recorded, and successful - if male, often became clergy (appointed).
So, no - l don’t buy it.