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History nerds and enthusiasts on here. What is your fav historical era?
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I like the Ancient history era, mostly Egyptian, Greek and Roman.
Though lately been proper into Mongol history, especially the Empire. Blows my mind how Mongol soldiers were in the 13th century. Fighting in Europe against Poles and Hungarians and at the same time fighting all way over in South China. Fascinating period.
So what about everyone on here? What are your favourite historical periods/eras? |
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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.
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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
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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 don't have a specific era but I like to learn of all eras and civilians. At the moment Samarian has my interest. Previously in was Incan and Mayan. I'll learn what I can and when I can. Watched a documentary recently on the Cloud People. |
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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. |
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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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The eighteenth century - elegant, near enough in time to be understandable, plus wonderful music and art, and the beginning of the modern age without all the nationalistic killing that came afterwards. |
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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 |
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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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Apart from C15th reenactment, my interests are:-
The final yrs of the Roman Republic & the rise of the Emperors.
Alfred & the birth of the English Nation(s)
John Lilburne & his political role on the Civil Wars.
The Spanish Civil War & the many nationalities that went to fight it. |
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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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By *inaTitzTV/TS 3 weeks ago
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Early Medieval England - Anglo-Saxon history - from 400 - 1066 is a fascinating and incredibly interesting period. I've had research articles and a book published on this, plus I've got nearly 300 books on this period on my shelves, all read.  |
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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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I'm a futurist, so it hasn't happened yet. It'll probably happen when I'm dead though, so there is that to look forward to !
(Because, I dunno...I might get raised 5,000 years in the future and that would be so cool). |
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By *avinaTVTV/TS 3 weeks ago
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It's all fascinating!
I have a particular soft spot for:
15th Century England - the Cousins Wars.
Europe of the 5th - 11th Century
The High Middle Ages
Byzantium
Ancient Egypt
Minoan Crete
The Bronze and Iron Age Levant
Feudal Japan
Classical Greece
... and more.
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I love the period around the English civil war and the interregnum. An explosion in people power, literacy, the New Model Army, changes in social mores, the king getting his head chopped off (sorry, should have put a spoilers label on this post!) all cracking stuff. It helps that I used to love reading about crack pot cults of which there were plenty at that time. |
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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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By *ild_oatsMan 3 weeks ago
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A niche bit of English history - The Anarchy - A civil war in England and Normandy between 1138 and 1153, which resulted in a widespread breakdown in law and order.
Basically a war of succession caused by the accidental death of William Adelin (the only legitimate son of Henry I) who had drowned in the White Ship disaster of 1120. |
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I find British Social and economic history from the dawn of the Victorian era to the 1920s the most interesting. That's the period when 'modern' Britain was built as a nation state. There were huge social changes for ordinary people from the repeal of the corn laws (free trade) through to universal suffrage (equal voting rights for men and women) during that period. |
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Definitely the 18th and 19th centuries—so much was happening globally. The Enlightenment was reshaping philosophy and politics, revolutions were tearing down monarchies, and the Industrial Revolution was transforming economies. Plus, the Napoleonic Wars were basically a masterclass in strategy and ambition. It’s wild how ideas from that era still influence the world today. |
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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. |
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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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"The Romans illuminated their city streets at night and Islamic cities from Baghdad to Cordoba were lit when most of Europe was living in – in terms of street lighting – the so-called Dark Ages."
Article in the Architectural Review September 2021 by Edwin Heathcote |
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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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By *HUSH-Man 3 weeks ago
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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. |
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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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Ancient and Roman British history.
Nothing finer than sitting on the hill fort Pilsdon Pen in Dorset as the sun sets.
Thinking of the ancient folk procreating up there and to get that immersive feeling by joining in with their conjugal activities under the stars.  |
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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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