This chapter discusses the effort made by historians to decipher a code and unlock a volume of encyclopedic-sized books containing valuable information about Sir John Knight, a Bristol merchant from an important mercantile family. The books offer insights into the complex era of British history, and the team of historians who worked on it made it widely available.
In the battles over gun rights, a shadowy English nobleman from the 17th century has unexpectedly taken center stage. Who was he? What did he do that has — 300 years later — endeared him to a generation of legal scholars? Revisionist History explores the cult of personality around the mysterious Sir John Knight.
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