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Vampires: Glamouring Humans for Centuries
Posted by Heather Quinnelly on October 27, 2009 in Blog Entries
I must admit, I have turned into one…a vampire enthusiast that is. Vampires (V’s) have been written about since the 1700′s and myths about these fascinating creatures exist in most cultures. In 1746 Benedictine monk Antoine Augustin Calmet (whose Biblical writings established him as a leading scholar of his time) wrote “Treatise on Vampires and Revenants” The revelations he proclaimed in his writings sent waves of shock and hysteria throughout Europe. Several years later, in 1897 Bram Stoker’s book “Dracula” was published. This was the beginning of a fear/love fascination that us humans have had with V’s for many years.