Showing posts with label the Middle Ages (other). Show all posts
Showing posts with label the Middle Ages (other). Show all posts
Thursday, May 1, 2025

A review of Michael Wood’s “The Great British Story: A People’s History”

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In  America , Ken Burns once said something interesting about American history . That is, he said that the history of the  United States  i...
Monday, November 27, 2023

A review of the BBC’s “The Crusades”

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The  Crusades  are one of the most infamous episodes in all of medieval history . More than 700 years later, they are still extremely contro...
Sunday, August 28, 2022

A review of “St. Augustine” (audiobook)

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In the fourth century CE, the  Roman emperor Constantine  converted to  Christianity , causing many of his subjects to follow his lead in th...
Wednesday, August 24, 2022

A review of “The Germanic Tribes”

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Warning: This blog post contains a picture of an actual human skull from centuries ago. What is this film about, and why should I care about...
Tuesday, May 3, 2022

A review of “Islam” (audiobook)

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“ Allah—there is no god ˹worthy of worship˺ except Him . He has the Most Beautiful Names.” – English translation of The Quran, Surah 20:8 Is...
Friday, June 15, 2018

A review of David Starkey's “Monarchy” (U. K.)

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"God save our gracious King! Long live our noble King! God save the King ! Send him victorious, Happy and glorious, Long to rei...
Monday, November 30, 2015

A review of Neil Oliver's “A History of Scotland”

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"That the Two Kingdoms of  Scotland and England  shall upon the first day of May next ensuing the date hereof and forever after be  U...
Friday, May 1, 2015

A review of Simon Schama’s “A History of Britain”

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"That the two Kingdoms of  England and Scotland  shall upon the First day of May which shall be in the year One thousand seven hundre...
Monday, November 17, 2014

A review of Kenneth Clark's “Civilisation”

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"Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts: the book of their deeds, the book of their words, and the book of th...