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It is a truth universally acknowledged that a book about the middle ages will eventually name-drop The Venerable Bede, and this one is no exception.

Aethelred already not slaying in even the slightest way.

Ruh-roh, new hyperfixation (the many wrongs of institutional Christianity) incoming.

The world is on the brink of war and all Lord Asquith can think about is that the socialite he likes has gone to her country home. They’re just like us fr fr.

Silly name contender #1 in this part of the book: Horatio Bottomley.

French Diplomacy really is…something.

Very good point about The Assassination of Sarajevo being one of the few incidents of its kind to be named after the location rather than the victim.

One thing about Christopher Clark is he is going to be thorough.

Trouble in the Balkans 24/7

Westerners can and will find a way to fuck your shit up.

Every Chinese Historian, ever: These are the worst times in the History of zhongguo, maybe ever.

Chinese History be like: The Emperor loses the Mandate of Heaven. Millions die. The Yellow River floods. Millions die. Harvests fail. BILLIONS DIE.

Me: All right, let’s get into a complicated and nuanced cultural history.
Michael Wood after snorting coke, probably: What if Confucius was autistic?

Could be meaner.

Capitalisn’t.

Tbh this feels like a man-made parody of feminist literature. You take a reasonable concern (female “worth” being related to their age and appearance) and take it to an extreme so outlandish that it becomes completely unserious. You expect me to believe that women over 18 are worthless hags in this world and no one but Sophia The Lesbian feels like doing sth about it?

Mind-numbingly boring in a way that leaves me
wondering what exactly is going to happen in this book while we’re 70+ pages in and all that has happened is that poor Sophia of NoSenseofSelfPreservation talks about the Ball like someone explaining the Patriarchy to a five year old.

Rest in peace Jack Cade.

Giggling at silly names is a central tenet of my reading experience of this book. Prince Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst pffffff get out of here.

Ah yes, the mongols…

For fun mal die Liste an Heresies gegen die katholische Kirche auf Wikipedia aufgemacht. Gesehen dass die nach Jahrhundert in Subkapitel gegliedert sind. Wikipedia wieder zugemacht.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that digging around in the history of a traditional German company will bring up Nazis. In this case, it’s one specially-aryanized Nazi making butter out of coal. Mmmmh, Speisefett.

Honey, you’ve got a big storm coming.

My heart is beginning to hurt

So far so good. The last 200ish pages are only sources and indices. :)

Lady C continues to get dicked down in the name of mankind.

“Because the root of sanity is in the balls.” This book is so fucking unserious. Please. What is this.

Bookclub book for October that needs to be done by the 21st. It’s quite unlike the books I tend to read, and all throughout the first few chapters I have a very unpleasant, ominous feeling in my chest. It’s good, but I feel as though something bad is coming for some reason.

Hate to leave on the precipice of Philipp the Good's downfall, but have to.

Philipp the Bold (complimentary), followed by John the Fearless, followed by Philipp the Good, followed by Charles the Bold (derogatory). 10/10

It's fun to see Philipp the Bold from the other side. I've only ever seen him appear in books about French monarchs.