Talk:Martyrs of Otranto

Bogus historical claim
Right here: After the blade decapitated him "his body allegedly remaining stubbornly and astonishing upright on its feet. Not until all had been decapitated could the aghast executioners force Primaldi's corpse to lie prone."[5]

I don't want to get anyone's pants in a wad by editing the page myself, because I don't know anything about this historical event. But I do know that it's horseshit to say that a dude was decapitated and stayed standing, and that the executioners were physically unable to force the headless corpse down from a standing position.

This quote is contained in a section titled "History". Nothing in the page text or the citation text explains that this is a false claim made by the quoted person, rather than a factual description of history, as the section title implies. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.216.115.86 (talk) 03:10, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

There is a huge mistake in the article when they say "children and women were sold to the Albanians". In fact, Otranto was retaken from Christian forces in 1481, because Albanians uprise against Turks in Albania. The son of Scanderbeg John Castrioti started it, and then all Albania was fighting. Here I quote from anther page of Wikipedia. - "Rebellion in Northern, Central and Southern Albania prevents Ottomans from sending reinforcements to Italy, resulting in Otranto being recaptured by Christian forces in September 1481". The Albanian rebellions are eventually crushed, and Gjon Kastrioti retreats to Italy in 1484. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Diti888 (talk • contribs) 02:11, 10 June 2017 (UTC)

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