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The things listed in this thread are very interesting. BTW, many times the "details" are left out of the textbooks! One example is the details surrounding the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand, and how really it was a series of circumstances (right place right time for the assassin) that made it happen. One has to wonder if there would have been war without the assassination, from what I'm reading I think there still would have been war.
Ahh so the translations really are more modern day than what he originally wrote? Is it possible to know exactly what he wrote? Translated properly of course.
I think yes, slavery was a major issue, but I think it was the straw that broke the camel's back. There had been agitation for some time, something had to finally give.
Not sure if he is overrated but wondering what he was thinking when he ordered Pickett to charge the Union forces which held the higher ground at Gettysburg? I mean that was just plain suicide, no? What a huge military blunder that cost them the war.
I was doing some reading on that last night–about how Pope Leo crowned him without any warning. What do we think would have happened if Charlemagne had refused it? Could he even do that?
Hmm the more I research the more I find it interesting that on one hand he was responsible for so many positive “reforms” and on the other hand he could be so brutal….
I took a cue from you guys and decided on the key causes of the dissolution of the Carolingian Empire.
I think maybe it began as part of religious culture, then it just became about power. Maybe a reminder who was in control? A way to keep people from getting too out of control?
I got 7/10BTW a lot of the things I first learned about the Presidents was from a book I bought at a junior high school book fair back in the early 80's, it was titled "The Last Cow on the White House Lawn" and I never forgot a lot of what I learned. It was full of fascinating facts about the American Presidents. Great reading for a kid!
I enjoy European History especially the Renaissance to late 19th century and American History from the formation of the early Republic to post WWII. I also enjoy studies of ancient Greece and Rome.
