To discuss your weekly readings of books, textbooks and papers.
I didn't read Atomised this week and instead started Confessions of a Mask, which is basically Mishima's autobiography as a closeted teenager during the Shōwa Era Japan, plus weird sadomasochistic tendencies like getting an erection and masturbating to St. Sebastian's painting. I'll finish Houellebecq's “magnus opus” eventually.
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Hey, anyone know of any good books about Medieval European history? Like, between the "fall" of western Rome and up to like 1500 or so.
I'm reading this book on it now titled Introduction to Medieval Europe 300-1500 but it's a textbook and seems somewhat dry to just read on its own (I'm sure in an actual history class there would be some additional discussion about the topics that aren't present in the book itself).
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Histoire du Moyen Âge by Georges Minois. It covers the European middle ages and some Bizantine history from the year 400 (late antiquity) until 1500. That's the one I know but I don't think it was translated to English.
If you're interested in Byzantine History then Judith Herring's “Byzantium, the surprising life of a medieval empire” is a great and fun compendium. For the Vikings there's Neil Price's book even if he goes into woke nonsense (he talks about transgender or gender fluid vikings on a chapter, super eye-rolling).
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Saved, thanks. I don't speak French so I'll skip that one but I'm really just trying to fill in "holes" in my understanding of history and the Byzantine empire is definitely one of those holes.
I recently finished The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers by Paul Kennedy which was kinda refreshing in how direct it was. For example he minced no words in describing how useless the Italians were during WW2 due to their poor organization, outdated military hardware, and comically low literacy rate. Just savage.
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