History

Re: Any Medieval Era history books...

Natalie — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:42:34 GMT

Anything by Regine Pernoud. But if you can only read one, I recommend Those Terrible Middle Ages: Debunking the Myths -- a different look at the period.

Re: Any Medieval Era history books...

Omoplata — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:37:56 GMT

Nice. Thanks to both of you, good suggestions. These should satisfy my apetite for now. Of course, if anyone has any more suggestions, keep them coming...

Re: Any Medieval Era history books...

Andrew Cain — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:32:53 GMT

History of Economic Thought: Economic Thought Before Adam Smith [ Volume One ] by Murray N. Rothbard.

Re: Any Medieval Era history books...

William — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:04:18 GMT

Austro-libertarian historian Tom Woods wrote "How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization".

I also HIGHLY recommend checking out some works by the Arab economist and historian (amongst other things, he was in every way a Renaissance man) Ibn Khaldun

Dr. Angeliki E. Laiou titled "Economic History of Byzantium", this is supposdley the definitive version of the Byzantine Economy (I ordered this 3 days ago so I have not read it, it will cost about $100 paperback as it is 3 volumes).

Off the top of my head, and in relation to this website, those are the best three suggestions I can give while covering the 3 major focuses of Middle Ages (Greek, Latin, and Arab) and to try to show at least somewhat of a libertarian/ political/economic perspective.

Are you interested more in Middle ages from a Latin, Greek, or Arab point of view? What are you mostly interested in about the Middle Ages? The more specific you are the more helpful people can be, as there is a plethora of books out there

Any Medieval Era history books...

Omoplata — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:56:44 GMT

sympathetic towards libertarianism?

I am reading the "School of Salamanca" and loving it.

Any well-written history books with a libertarian non-biased look at the middle ages? Doesn't have to have an economic theme. Could be military, political, religious, general history, etc...