An ex-Anglican re-learns history.
It is surprising how many things we accept second hand and assume they are true without questioning them. In my case, the process of becoming a Catholic has meant re-learning my history. This is embarrassing. I considered myself an amateur but relatively well informed historian. So as someone who is constantly offended by contemporary government and media propaganda, and writes assiduously to challenge it, it is frankly embarrassing to discover I have to re-learn the whole of the 16th century.
