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A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
by Barbara W. Tuchman
The world has always been awful. I get so frustrated when I hear people lament about the depravity of our current times, like it is some unique feature. There is no glorious past and Tuchman's book shows you this in spades.
I was really impressed with how sweeping the narrative is. It covers Europe from England/Scotland to Hungary. The only thing that knocked it down a bit was my dislike of military history and some sources I wondered if she had read a little to literally instead of an allegorical reading that a lot of medieval texts require.
The hugeness of the book made me wish I had an e-reader.
I was really impressed with how sweeping the narrative is. It covers Europe from England/Scotland to Hungary. The only thing that knocked it down a bit was my dislike of military history and some sources I wondered if she had read a little to literally instead of an allegorical reading that a lot of medieval texts require.
The hugeness of the book made me wish I had an e-reader.