Spirckle t1_j9qjx2l wrote on February 23, 2023 at 9:20 PM Reply to comment by TheCloudFestival in TIL that in 1554 Elizabeth Crofts hid in a wall on Aldersgate Street, where she pretended to be a heavenly voice. Reputedly 17,000 people came to listen to her give out anti-Catholic propaganda. by Kurma-the-Turtle > Post-Apocalyptic It would have been pre-apocalyptic. Or just apocalyptic. People of that time thought that the apocalypse was yet to come. The closest thing they experienced to an apocalypse was the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans in 70 AD. Permalink Parent 2
Spirckle t1_j9qjx2l wrote
Reply to comment by TheCloudFestival in TIL that in 1554 Elizabeth Crofts hid in a wall on Aldersgate Street, where she pretended to be a heavenly voice. Reputedly 17,000 people came to listen to her give out anti-Catholic propaganda. by Kurma-the-Turtle
> Post-Apocalyptic
It would have been pre-apocalyptic. Or just apocalyptic. People of that time thought that the apocalypse was yet to come. The closest thing they experienced to an apocalypse was the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans in 70 AD.