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[redbird]

There seem to be endless things I can do instead of reading about Charlemagne, or any other aspect of medieval Europe. It's not Europe per se--I just don't seem to be in the mood to refresh my memory and then summarize. I can provide three pieces of trivia about any of the topics I have, but that doesn't add up to a plausible overview. People reviewing for a test don't need to know that the Black Death may have been a hemorrhagic plague, they need to know what it did to European society. Okay, maybe they need both--nobody told me. I'm sure they don't need to know that Charlemagne slept with a pen under his pillow, in the hope that he'd wake up some morning knowing how to read and write.

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[papersky.livejournal.com]

Well, maybe not, but I needed to know that! Poor Charlemagne. That's wonderful.

[redbird]

That's from Will Cuppy's The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody. We actually have a spare copy, and I think I may need to bring it to Montreal.

[elynne.livejournal.com]

Wonderful. Sheer wonderfulness. I now have another book I need to get Someday When I Can Afford To. ;]

[wandra.livejournal.com]

Lovely!

*grin*

*makes note of book*

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

That's so sad!

Hmm. . . "Hooked on Quills Worked for Me!"

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

What people need to know about the Black Death is how it affected European populations.

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