Gather round. It's time for me to go tl;dr about the Paris Commune.

A lot has been made of the Paris Commune, for various reasons -- mostly because it's where Marx derived the term "communism" from -- and it's been romanticised a lot. I'll say upfront that I'm not exempt from said romanticisation, but I'll try to be as objective as possible (keyword ( Read more... )

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*dodges fish*

I kid. I just dug up some history tl;dr I wrote a while back, so I'm just going to copy-paste it here, in case it's of interest to anyone.

(Okay, so basically every time I’m going to ask people to talk to me, shit is going to get in my way? Okay, then.)

Favorite female historical figure

( Dido of Carthage )

Alright everybody settle down, it's story time! I'm going to talk to you about the Arthurian legend as I know it in the hope of making you see how wrong on the internet you are.

But first, some context: my first memory of anything Arthuriana related is being wee (let's say six years old or so) and reading a book. I'm pretty sure the book was La ( Read more... )

Today, I'm going to talk about one fascinating episode of French history.

The year is 1764 and the place is Gévaudan, a cozy little region in the south of France.

The Beast of Gévaudan's first official victim was killed on June 30.

( Three years of terror, murders and unkillable Beasts follow )

Following the 101 primer,I will now answer some follow-up questions.

Does anybody know why Hannibal didn't march on Rome when he could? And also exactly under what circumstances did Hannibal and Scipio die the same year, were they in completely different places fighting other people or..?

( WE JUST DON'T KNOW )

I am here to talk about the clusterfuck that is the Vlad Tepes/Mehmed the Conqueror/Radu cel Frumos relationship ( Read more... )

There was a war for the throne of France, and all three contenders were named Henri! There. Done.

Long story:
( The War of the Three Henris )

So I ended up writing a 2k primer on Hannibal Barca and Scipio Africanus yesterday, ending at about midnight last night, which is why it only occurs to me now to share it with y'all. Because, you know, I have a lot about feelings about these two? And now you can have context ( Read more... )

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