http://www.historynet.com/resources-februarymarch-2009.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=resources-februarymarch-2009 From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:24:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.historynet.com/resources-februarymarch-2009.htm#comment-430542 shane Sun, 16 Jan 2011 21:06:45 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13681635#comment-430542 i have read elizabeth brown pryors book on r e lee and i think it to be a thorough and accurate compendium of his life in both antebellum and civil war eras. for the most part Mrs pryor seems to be objective and unbiased in her writing, but there are a few instances to which i believe she has let her 21th century mind be affected by r e lees 19th century beliefs and views. no matter how we as historians and history buffs in contemporary times would like to think that the beliefs held by those esteemed figures of victorian and antebellum america are not excusable, they in fact are not quite so easy to dismiss. it is easy for us to excoriate those of that era and pontificate that we would never behold such ideas, but if we were taught that from both parents and clergy, as well as had it impressed during school, we would not only embrace those ideas, but fight to maintain them as well. i have read elizabeth brown pryors book on r e lee and i think it to be a thorough and accurate compendium of his life in both antebellum and civil war eras. for the most part Mrs pryor seems to be objective and unbiased in her writing, but there are a few instances to which i believe she has let her 21th century mind be affected by r e lees 19th century beliefs and views. no matter how we as historians and history buffs in contemporary times would like to think that the beliefs held by those esteemed figures of victorian and antebellum america are not excusable, they in fact are not quite so easy to dismiss. it is easy for us to excoriate those of that era and pontificate that we would never behold such ideas, but if we were taught that from both parents and clergy, as well as had it impressed during school, we would not only embrace those ideas, but fight to maintain them as well.

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