Word: antiquarians
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Doing some research on 12th Century England, Antiquarian Charles R. Beard turned up a footnote on King Richard I. The lion-hearted king had stomach ulcers. His favored treatment: lots of strong hot wine...
...Devout Sex. Far from being an "enthusiast" himself, Msgr. Knox is sometimes unable to suppress a faint shudder at the uncouth excesses with which his subject compels him to deal. But for the most part he treats his material with the warm antiquarian relish of a jurist whose hobby is delving into the idiosyncrasies of safecrackers...
Domestic Manners of the Americans, by Fanny Trollope. An acid etching of early 19th Century U.S. manners & morals -with the passage of time turning a bitter spanking into an antiquarian gold mine (TIME...