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Would a king in Britain in 528 actually be impressed that a time-traveler could predict a solar eclipse, as Mark Twain depicted, or would they say, "Yeah, the court astrologer told us there was one coming up"?

by /u/ArmandoAlvarezWF in /r/AskHistorians

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