Thursday Reading and Recommendations is intended as bookish free-for-all, for the discussion and recommendation of all books historical, or tangentially so. Suggested topics include, but are by no means limited to:
Asking for book recommendations on specific topics or periods of history
Newly published books and articles you're dying to read
Recent book releases, old book reviews, reading recommendations, or just talking about what you're reading now
Historiographical discussions, debates, and disputes
...And so on!
Regular participants in the Thursday threads should just keep doing what they've been doing; newcomers should take notice that this thread is meant for open discussion of history and books, not just anything you like -- we'll have a thread on Friday for that, as usual.
Any good books about the Crusader States or the Kingdom of Jerusalem in particular? Just finished Fiefs and Vassals, looking for a follow up
Hello!
Looking for book recommendations on how ships were maintained during the middle ages. Boat owners say that owning ships is 50% maintenance. With the enormous stress put on a community in the middle ages to build a boat, KEEPING it seaworthy would be just as important. Does anybody have any recommendations where I can read more about this process or what kinds of things the seafaring communities would do in the middle ages to maintain their fleets?
2 requests for recommendations.
WW1 in the Caucasus. I don’t know where to start looking for books in English on the subject.
Best biography of Kitchener.
Hi all! Any recs re: medieval religious culture?
Specifically interested in its relationship with magic, gender, sexuality, politics, warfare and monasticism/monastic-like orders like the Knights Templar. Especially interested in late Middle Ages, but very interested in Early and High as well.
Thanks so much for your thoughts! :)
Anyone have a recommendation for a book on Joan of Arc? Just looking for a general overview of her story. I know next to nothing about that period of time.
Looking for books on: -European welfare states and social democracies -The Great Society in the US
I’d like some reading on:
The warlord era in China The Ogaden War The Soviet Afghan War
I am interested in Ptolemy Egypt, specifically trade and contact with Sub-Saharan and mid-Saharan nations such as Axum, and Sudan. I'm interested in what else is happening in the middle of Africa during late antiquity (is Greek Egypt counted as late antiquity?).