How to Write a Booklength History

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i like to say there was more quick, higher historian momens in our modern worldwel i think, in a weird way, there are. But you know, the as i like to summarize that moment, history isn't en by the winner's history is written by the people who write histories. A lot of histories get written all around us daily, but it doesn't happen very much in the i'm going to write a booklength history,. It happensa in the blog post length history, or the court case a amicis brief justification and et cetera. In the renaissance, it would be in a book length history. And soon everybody is commissioning book length histories

David Perry is a freelance journalist covering politics, history, education, and disability rights. He was a professor of Medieval History at Dominican University from 2006-2017, and now works as an academic advisor in the history department of the University of Minnesota. His scholarly work focuses on Venice, the Crusades, and the Mediterranean World. Numerous topics covered include: Reasons to study history; how historical figures and institutions claimed legitimacy; calling an Age "Dark" or "Golden" in order to get legitimacy; patronage of the arts to prop up legitimacy; fake innovation and fake continuity; bastardy; parrots and coconuts in medieval Europe; and more! David Perry website David Perry Patreon "The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe" by Matthew Gabriele and David M. Perry