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kspenmoll

Femina: A New History of the Middle Ages | Janina Ramirez

This book.
My morning reading. #coffeeandbooks

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kspenmoll

Femina: A New History of the Middle Ages | Janina Ramirez

How many times in history did this happen? According to to the author, beginning with Reformation, libraries were decimated by varying religious groups, with the intention of burning “controversial texts.” There are lists of these books.available today.“ Femina” was the category that destroyed female texts were cataloged under. I am reading the into- so much to digest on every page!

TheBookHippie, GingerAntics

TheBookHippie Well. I need to read this apparently. 😵‍💫 and yes, why do you think conservatives are constantly trying to dummy down and remove books from public schools? So they can control the population. 2w

GingerAntics I think this author needs to do her homework. The library at Alexandria was destroyed, and with it almost all the scrolls (the equivalent of roughing 100,000 books), in 48 BCE by rioting Christians who wanted to destroy the pagan knowledge. 2w

GingerAntics The books that were rescued from the Library of Alexandria were housed in the library of the Temple of Serapis. It was known as the “daughter” library to the Library of Alexandria because it was created to house those rescued scrolls and added many others until it was destroyed in 391 CE by the Roman emperor in an attempt to eradicate pagan study and worship to establish Christianity as the sole religious and intellectual authority. (edited) 2w

GingerAntics Christians have been doing this ever since Paul and Rome took over the christian faith. These nuts have been doing this since the beginning. Sectarian destruction of libraries (christians destroying other christians‘ books) began in during the reformation. 2w

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kspenmoll

Femina: A New History of the Middle Ages | Janina Ramirez

1) hope to see the eclipse, but looks like it might be cloudy. on vacation the rest of the week I have no plans which is glorious.

2)coffee in the morning, water later in day.

3) I have tons of book marks which i do use, but often it‘s a found thing near me- tissue, mail, ribbon,etc.

4) current read is tagged.

Cupcake12

Cupcake12 Thanks for joining in. Hope the sky stays clear 🤞 2w

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catiewithac

Charlemagne | Johannes Fried

so-so

My penpals know my struggle with this audiobook. It is likely the most boring book I‘ve ever finished. However, it was great at one important thing: putting me to sleep! The author would have benefited from a more skillful editor to reduce repetition. I felt like I was in an eternal circle of hell hearing the same anecdotes about Charlemagne for 30 hours. Read at your own peril! 👑

Suet624 Oh my! 1mo

dabbe When I first quickly glanced at who read it from your pic, I just saw JAMES CAMERON. I then thought to myself, “Isn't that the TERMINATOR/TITANIC director? Wow! He was boring!“ Then I saw the name STEWART. #doh You also deserve the #perseverenceaward 💚💙💚 1mo

Ruthiella At least you got your beauty sleep 😴😄 1mo

UwannaPublishme Another cure for insomnia. Good to know! 😉😬🥱 3w

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bibliothecarivs

Caxton, the Description of Britain: A Modern Rendering (American) | Marie Comp Collins

Recent acquisitions:

📖 Caxton: The Description of Britain: A Modern Rendering by Marie Collins
📖 Imeall am Domhain: Walking at the Edge of the World by T.P. O'Conchúir and Aimee Ericson

#fREADom #UniteAgainstBookBans

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random_michelle

The Early Middle Ages | Philip Daileader

pick

I listen to non-fiction to put me to sleep (I used to read, this is nicer.) But 1) It takes months to finish a book 2) there are sections I miss, regardless of “rewinding“

I recognized names & places, but had never really put things together. Listening to this gave me context and the ability to tie it all together for the first time.

One note: he has a verbal tick of drawing out “aaaaaand“ which can get annoying. But not a huge deal.

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RamsFan1963

The Templars: The Rise and Spectacular Fall of God's Holy Warriors | Dan Jones

There were no 5 🌟 picks for July, but Dan Jones's history of The Order of The Knights Templars was the most interesting read of the month.
#12Booksof2023 @Andrew65

Andrew65 This is one I‘m wanting to read. 4mo

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bibliothecarivs

Richard II and the Revolution of 1399 | Michael John Bennett

Recent acquisitions:

📖 Richard II and the Revolution of 1399 by Michael Bennett
📖 Prodigal Father: The Life of John Butler Yeats (1839-1922) by William F. Murphy [recommended by Colm Toíbín in his book Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know, which I enjoyed]

#fREADom #UniteAgainstBookBans

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