I am terribly bored by the history of great people. Wars and politics, currency reforms, royal marriages, fiscal policy, state-building, trade treaties - these top-down topics are famously dry. It’s a sad reality that much of the history of pre-Conquest England is taught in this manner, often out of necessity: Bede, Vikings, Alfred and his cakes,
Eadwine and Wulfgar - monks behaving badly
Eadwine and Wulfgar - monks behaving badly
Eadwine and Wulfgar - monks behaving badly
I am terribly bored by the history of great people. Wars and politics, currency reforms, royal marriages, fiscal policy, state-building, trade treaties - these top-down topics are famously dry. It’s a sad reality that much of the history of pre-Conquest England is taught in this manner, often out of necessity: Bede, Vikings, Alfred and his cakes,