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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bart9349, post: 1735830, member: 5682&quot;]For me, anytime before 1660 (the Restoration) or 1688 (The Glorious Revolution) was too bleak and cruel.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anytime after 1837 (the accession of Queen Victoria) is too modern.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Give me the 1700s. Despite the pervasive grime, poverty, and disease, British peoples everywhere exerted their rights as men and women. They publicly and securely questioned religious and royal dogma. (No more of the silly &quot;divine right&quot; of kings and queens. Now, the concepts of the &quot;social contract,&quot; &quot;the consent of the governed&quot; and &quot;natural rights&quot; were being developed and promulgated).</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;Most importantly, the world slowly but inexorably became a lot more enlightened, tolerant, ... and &quot;modern.&quot; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]272625.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]272626.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]272624.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>guy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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