There's a reason that after 8 years of studying history, I've never managed to learn this.

[29pixie]

Up at 1am reading about the history of the Capetian monarchy. Yuk. I truly dislike political and military history, and this book has 420 pages of one king after another, who they made alliances with and warred with and battles they fought and lost and nobles they had spats with and popes they offended and their heirs and UGH, it's just one boring political tiff after another.

Cultural and Social history? 1000x more interesting.