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"Plantagenet England. I blame Disney's Robin Hood." Henry II was a fantastic king, if it was for the Becket problem, Mrs x | |||
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"Massively into Norse culture. More into the anthropological aspects than just hitting people with axes but I still do that on occasions. Spend time working with experimental archeologies, visiting schools and teaching about Norse culture and what we know and what we hypothesise. I’ve been fascinated about Iron Age Britain in the last 12 months and have helped build reconstructions of settlements based on findings from Archeological sites. It’s truly fascinating. The other thing that I find interesting is the thought that we all have ancestors that were alive during these periods in history. What were they doing and where were they from. Love it " Amazing stuff mate. Expecially helping out with reconstructions of settlements. I love it. Also I'm loving the picture of you with the bow too. | |||
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"I would say my interest would be in modern history as well. When it goes too far back that I don't recognise a way of living my brain sort of switches off." I think that it for me as well. I find the further back you go, the more information becomes open to interpretation. Although I suppose the thrill is always making new discoveries of that period. | |||
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"The Mongols invaded northern India also. And developed biological warfare catapulting diseased meat into sieged fortifications. Genius. Ancient Greece and Norse are my favourites. Greece's advancement of direct democracy. Pursuit of scientific knowledge is fascinating. And in many cases accurate centuries before the eclipse of the dark ages." Yep and apparently the diseased meat thrown at a Genoese colony in Crimea contributed to the Black Death spreading to Europe. Northern India, Vietnam, Japan, Java in Indonesia. But they all failed to conquer those places | |||
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"Plantagenet and Tudor for me although I’m currently reading some of the Viking mythology " Plantagenet dynasty is a good period | |||
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"The fall of Rome. Because I too want to get fucked by Goths." Touche 😂 | |||
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"Pre history. Sites like Göbekli Tepe. " Amazing isn't it. I want to visit that site | |||
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"Both of us are heavily into WW2/WW1. We take part in a lot of living history event during the year. Also into 15th century War of the Roses. At events I play Sir John Sutton. Just getting into Viking History too " Amazing. Seems to be a lot of reenactors on here. Viking/Norse History is great too. What interests you about the Vikings? | |||
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"Both of us are heavily into WW2/WW1. We take part in a lot of living history event during the year. Also into 15th century War of the Roses. At events I play Sir John Sutton. Just getting into Viking History too Amazing. Seems to be a lot of reenactors on here. Viking/Norse History is great too. What interests you about the Vikings?" For the Mrs is the pagan gods etc. For me as I fight in 15th century it the style of fighting and weapons used and how they are made | |||
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"Both of us are heavily into WW2/WW1. We take part in a lot of living history event during the year. Also into 15th century War of the Roses. At events I play Sir John Sutton. Just getting into Viking History too " I did about ten yrs or so in WoTR reenactment, was good fun & I learnt a lot. Both about the period and myself, in that I learnt I could speak & hold an audience. | |||
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"Both of us are heavily into WW2/WW1. We take part in a lot of living history event during the year. Also into 15th century War of the Roses. At events I play Sir John Sutton. Just getting into Viking History too Amazing. Seems to be a lot of reenactors on here. Viking/Norse History is great too. What interests you about the Vikings? For the Mrs is the pagan gods etc. For me as I fight in 15th century it the style of fighting and weapons used and how they are made " Hey that is fantastic. That you're into reenactments. I think also what is interesting is how much they explored. I mean they were really great navigators | |||
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"Both of us are heavily into WW2/WW1. We take part in a lot of living history event during the year. Also into 15th century War of the Roses. At events I play Sir John Sutton. Just getting into Viking History too I did about ten yrs or so in WoTR reenactment, was good fun & I learnt a lot. Both about the period and myself, in that I learnt I could speak & hold an audience." So why did you stop. | |||
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"Both of us are heavily into WW2/WW1. We take part in a lot of living history event during the year. Also into 15th century War of the Roses. At events I play Sir John Sutton. Just getting into Viking History too I did about ten yrs or so in WoTR reenactment, was good fun & I learnt a lot. Both about the period and myself, in that I learnt I could speak & hold an audience. So why did you stop. " A break up with my ex fiancee, a redundancy & lack of money. | |||
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"Both of us are heavily into WW2/WW1. We take part in a lot of living history event during the year. Also into 15th century War of the Roses. At events I play Sir John Sutton. Just getting into Viking History too I did about ten yrs or so in WoTR reenactment, was good fun & I learnt a lot. Both about the period and myself, in that I learnt I could speak & hold an audience. So why did you stop. A break up with my ex fiancee, a redundancy & lack of money." The hobby isn’t cheap, so can understand that. | |||
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"The Umayyad empire and particularly Al-Andalus from the 8th to the 15th century. While most of the people in the rest of Europe were living in mud huts, cities like Cordoba and Granada had public fountains and street lighting. It was far from a perfect empire but most of what we now know about the ancient world might have been lost were it not for the scholars of Cordoba." There is an enormous amount of myth making around Al Andalus and the so called 'dark ages' in Europe. That was the same era that produced Chartres and Lincoln Cathedrals among many other marvels of Gothic architecture, hardly a backwards civilisation. | |||
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"The Umayyad empire and particularly Al-Andalus from the 8th to the 15th century. While most of the people in the rest of Europe were living in mud huts, cities like Cordoba and Granada had public fountains and street lighting. It was far from a perfect empire but most of what we now know about the ancient world might have been lost were it not for the scholars of Cordoba. There is an enormous amount of myth making around Al Andalus and the so called 'dark ages' in Europe. That was the same era that produced Chartres and Lincoln Cathedrals among many other marvels of Gothic architecture, hardly a backwards civilisation." I think it’s called Dark Ages due to a last of record taking, compared to the Medieval where they made copious records of everything. | |||
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"The Umayyad empire and particularly Al-Andalus from the 8th to the 15th century. While most of the people in the rest of Europe were living in mud huts, cities like Cordoba and Granada had public fountains and street lighting. It was far from a perfect empire but most of what we now know about the ancient world might have been lost were it not for the scholars of Cordoba. There is an enormous amount of myth making around Al Andalus and the so called 'dark ages' in Europe. That was the same era that produced Chartres and Lincoln Cathedrals among many other marvels of Gothic architecture, hardly a backwards civilisation. I think it’s called Dark Ages due to a last of record taking, compared to the Medieval where they made copious records of everything. " Yes, absolutely. | |||
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"The Umayyad empire and particularly Al-Andalus from the 8th to the 15th century. While most of the people in the rest of Europe were living in mud huts, cities like Cordoba and Granada had public fountains and street lighting. It was far from a perfect empire but most of what we now know about the ancient world might have been lost were it not for the scholars of Cordoba. There is an enormous amount of myth making around Al Andalus and the so called 'dark ages' in Europe. That was the same era that produced Chartres and Lincoln Cathedrals among many other marvels of Gothic architecture, hardly a backwards civilisation." I'm sure at this time. Ireland was going through its own cultural golden age. With books like the Book of Kells being created. | |||
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"The Umayyad empire and particularly Al-Andalus from the 8th to the 15th century. While most of the people in the rest of Europe were living in mud huts, cities like Cordoba and Granada had public fountains and street lighting. It was far from a perfect empire but most of what we now know about the ancient world might have been lost were it not for the scholars of Cordoba. There is an enormous amount of myth making around Al Andalus and the so called 'dark ages' in Europe. That was the same era that produced Chartres and Lincoln Cathedrals among many other marvels of Gothic architecture, hardly a backwards civilisation. I think it’s called Dark Ages due to a last of record taking, compared to the Medieval where they made copious records of everything. Yes, absolutely." And that the lightbulb wasn’t in wanted until 1870 something, so that too | |||
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"The Umayyad empire and particularly Al-Andalus from the 8th to the 15th century. While most of the people in the rest of Europe were living in mud huts, cities like Cordoba and Granada had public fountains and street lighting. It was far from a perfect empire but most of what we now know about the ancient world might have been lost were it not for the scholars of Cordoba. There is an enormous amount of myth making around Al Andalus and the so called 'dark ages' in Europe. That was the same era that produced Chartres and Lincoln Cathedrals among many other marvels of Gothic architecture, hardly a backwards civilisation. I'm sure at this time. Ireland was going through its own cultural golden age. With books like the Book of Kells being created. " 800ad I believe. Thankfully most historians have moved away from myths about a backwards 'dark age' but the idea still persists in popular discourse. | |||
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"That was the same era that produced Chartres and Lincoln Cathedrals among many other marvels of Gothic architecture, hardly a backwards civilisation." I made no mention of houses of worship. I was talking about public spaces and scholarship. The fact that the so-called Dark Ages were dark because there were so few scholars in the rest of Europe to record anything kind of reinforces my observation. | |||
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"And that the lightbulb wasn’t in wanted until 1870 something, so that too " I think we had sources of artifical lighting well before 1870. | |||
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"And that the lightbulb wasn’t in wanted until 1870 something, so that too I think we had sources of artifical lighting well before 1870." Burning heretics? | |||
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"I think we had sources of artifical lighting well before 1870. Burning heretics? "  | |||
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"That was the same era that produced Chartres and Lincoln Cathedrals among many other marvels of Gothic architecture, hardly a backwards civilisation. I made no mention of houses of worship. I was talking about public spaces and scholarship. The fact that the so-called Dark Ages were dark because there were so few scholars in the rest of Europe to record anything kind of reinforces my observation." I get what you mean, at that time. The Islamic world and the East in general were miles ahead of anything in Europe. Especially cities like Cordoba, Chang'an in China and Baghdad etc. | |||
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"I quite like Russian history. The most absurd wealth inequality with the serfs and the Tsars. The civil war and Bolshevik revolution. Lenin wasn’t even that particularly well known and certainly wasn’t seen as a major threat before coming to power. More of a nuisance if anything. Dead Souls by Gogol is a fantastic read if anyone is wondering just how bad it was for the ordinary Russian on the ground prior to the revolution. It’s dark but hilarious too. " The Bolshevik takeover is a real 'what if' moment in history. So much of the 20th Century was changed by their success yet it was highly unlikely until it actually happened. Lenin and Trotsky were fascinating characters, if awful human beings. | |||
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"I quite like Russian history. The most absurd wealth inequality with the serfs and the Tsars. The civil war and Bolshevik revolution. Lenin wasn’t even that particularly well known and certainly wasn’t seen as a major threat before coming to power. More of a nuisance if anything. Dead Souls by Gogol is a fantastic read if anyone is wondering just how bad it was for the ordinary Russian on the ground prior to the revolution. It’s dark but hilarious too. The Bolshevik takeover is a real 'what if' moment in history. So much of the 20th Century was changed by their success yet it was highly unlikely until it actually happened. Lenin and Trotsky were fascinating characters, if awful human beings. " Question for you both Hush and Leo. Who is your favourite Russian Tsar and why? | |||
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"I quite like Russian history. The most absurd wealth inequality with the serfs and the Tsars. The civil war and Bolshevik revolution. Lenin wasn’t even that particularly well known and certainly wasn’t seen as a major threat before coming to power. More of a nuisance if anything. Dead Souls by Gogol is a fantastic read if anyone is wondering just how bad it was for the ordinary Russian on the ground prior to the revolution. It’s dark but hilarious too. The Bolshevik takeover is a real 'what if' moment in history. So much of the 20th Century was changed by their success yet it was highly unlikely until it actually happened. Lenin and Trotsky were fascinating characters, if awful human beings. Question for you both Hush and Leo. Who is your favourite Russian Tsar and why?" Go to be Peter The Great, no ? I mean he is literally Great. As much as anyone he tried to bridge that gap between Mother Russia and the rest of Europe, a dilemma still unresolved today. | |||
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"I quite like Russian history. The most absurd wealth inequality with the serfs and the Tsars. The civil war and Bolshevik revolution. Lenin wasn’t even that particularly well known and certainly wasn’t seen as a major threat before coming to power. More of a nuisance if anything. Dead Souls by Gogol is a fantastic read if anyone is wondering just how bad it was for the ordinary Russian on the ground prior to the revolution. It’s dark but hilarious too. The Bolshevik takeover is a real 'what if' moment in history. So much of the 20th Century was changed by their success yet it was highly unlikely until it actually happened. Lenin and Trotsky were fascinating characters, if awful human beings. Question for you both Hush and Leo. Who is your favourite Russian Tsar and why? Go to be Peter The Great, no ? I mean he is literally Great. As much as anyone he tried to bridge that gap between Mother Russia and the rest of Europe, a dilemma still unresolved today." If Peter the Great had been King of England he would’ve been Peter the Not Too Bad, Can’t Complain. | |||
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"I quite like Russian history. The most absurd wealth inequality with the serfs and the Tsars. The civil war and Bolshevik revolution. Lenin wasn’t even that particularly well known and certainly wasn’t seen as a major threat before coming to power. More of a nuisance if anything. Dead Souls by Gogol is a fantastic read if anyone is wondering just how bad it was for the ordinary Russian on the ground prior to the revolution. It’s dark but hilarious too. The Bolshevik takeover is a real 'what if' moment in history. So much of the 20th Century was changed by their success yet it was highly unlikely until it actually happened. Lenin and Trotsky were fascinating characters, if awful human beings. Question for you both Hush and Leo. Who is your favourite Russian Tsar and why? Go to be Peter The Great, no ? I mean he is literally Great. As much as anyone he tried to bridge that gap between Mother Russia and the rest of Europe, a dilemma still unresolved today. If Peter the Great had been King of England he would’ve been Peter the Not Too Bad, Can’t Complain. " True that, I mean we actually had a King called Alfred the Unready.  | |||
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"I quite like Russian history. The most absurd wealth inequality with the serfs and the Tsars. The civil war and Bolshevik revolution. Lenin wasn’t even that particularly well known and certainly wasn’t seen as a major threat before coming to power. More of a nuisance if anything. Dead Souls by Gogol is a fantastic read if anyone is wondering just how bad it was for the ordinary Russian on the ground prior to the revolution. It’s dark but hilarious too. The Bolshevik takeover is a real 'what if' moment in history. So much of the 20th Century was changed by their success yet it was highly unlikely until it actually happened. Lenin and Trotsky were fascinating characters, if awful human beings. Question for you both Hush and Leo. Who is your favourite Russian Tsar and why? Go to be Peter The Great, no ? I mean he is literally Great. As much as anyone he tried to bridge that gap between Mother Russia and the rest of Europe, a dilemma still unresolved today. If Peter the Great had been King of England he would’ve been Peter the Not Too Bad, Can’t Complain. True that, I mean we actually had a King called Alfred the Unready. "And the one unpopular with dyslexics …Canute | |||
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"1066-1901" Although I've just bought a collection of Roman Silver Denarius with a few Ancient Greek tetradrachms mixed in. | |||
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"That was the same era that produced Chartres and Lincoln Cathedrals among many other marvels of Gothic architecture, hardly a backwards civilisation. I made no mention of houses of worship. I was talking about public spaces and scholarship. The fact that the so-called Dark Ages were dark because there were so few scholars in the rest of Europe to record anything kind of reinforces my observation." Precisely the Romans were the record keepers up til they're empire was starting to crumble most scholars and scientists use the term dark when they don't know what they're talking about because they just don't have the facts ie dark ages dark matter... So much time went unrecorded after they left. If I'm wrong tell me cos I am all about the knowledge | |||
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