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Are there any documentaries about Hitler that aren't stupid and childish? They basically all go:
>This is a picture of Hitler as a child
>Bet his mother didn't know he would become PURE EVIL
I mean goddamn I just want to learn about this period of history.
>>1295969
hitler: the greatest story never told
it's just a different kind of bias, but it's already something
>>1295984
Came to post this.
>>1295969
But it's true that his mother didn't know he would become PURE EVIL!
If people have free will is God still omnipotent?
no, we don't though
>>1295934
>we
>>1295936
/end thread
What was the religion of Leonardo da Vinci? I've heard everything from reluctant Catholic, to Deist to Gnostic to crypto-Pagan.
My favorite theory is that he was from a Gnostic sect that revered John the Baptist instead of Jesus, and that he's paintings are full of Gnotisc and occult symbolism and allusions to the primacy of John the Baptist, but I'd like to know what other people have to say.
Seems pretty far fetched. Was there such a sect in northern Italy at that time?
>>1295890
I don't desu I've only read analisys of his paintings. But I know for a fact that the Renaissance saw a revival of occultism.
>>1295870
Could be. Gnosticism had gone underground in those times. Most of them went into alchemy.
What texts/books would you recommend for research on the history based on the events of the film Kingdom of Heaven? I know fully well that the film is highly fictionalized, and I am not looking to it as some epic war story. Any recommended original texts or books (preferably in English) would be appreciated.
>>1295834
1965, but authoritative and easy to read.
Steve Runciman's 3 volumes of The Crusades
The Crusades by Thomas Asbridge
>be samurai
>train since childhood
>get shot by some farmer who trained with his gun for 2 weeks
SAMURAI ON SEPPUKU WATCH
>>1295763
Samurais already used guns by the the time of the Boshin war.
>>1295804
Which makes them kinda pointless doesn't it? Why have samurai when you can have ashigaru who do the same shit?
>>1295850
I'd assume this is true, but samurai will have higher morale and their armor will stop a ball at long distance. May as well use them.
> The Unbelievable Tale of Jesus’s Wife:
> A hotly contested, supposedly ancient manuscript suggests Christ was married. But believing its origin story requires a big leap of faith.
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/07/the-unbelievable-tale-of-jesus-wife/485573/?single_page=true
how does it feel to have been memed this hard?
>my god's son's wife
>>1295701
He does. She's called the Church.
>>1295701
Old news. They had two children, Jesus-Justus and Tamar.
Does the ignorance of the masses concern you /his/?
>first half
wew started good
>>1295686
not really, a czar was more of an emperor of kingdoms and duchies, to call a czar a king was an insult, kings would bow to the czar.
>>1295695
Czar literally means king though
>"Dude, lions are cool as shit!"
Is this pretty much the thought process behind this and coats of arms and all cultural symbols?
>>1295323
Dunno
I know England got lions because the Western French provinces who conquered them (Normandy and Anjou) used hem to begin with, but I don't know about other countries
>>1295323
Yes. They;re fat-cats who sleep all day, eat loads of meat, and have their subordinates do all the hunting for them. The bourgeois of the animal kingdom.
How do you say "It ain't me" in Latin?
>>1295242
vieut vaieunt meus
>>1295242
Ego non sum if you mean the meme.
>>1295255
>be Roman soldier in Gaul
>vieut vaieunt meus starts playing
Is anyone else disappointed by ancient and medieval warfare? It was just a bunch of dull sieges and spearmen poking each other. Speaking of spearmen why weren't pikes used instead?
>>1295222
>why weren't pikes used instead?
Pikes are spears, and they were used.
Also nice trips.
>>1295232
What's the point of a spear when you can have a longer pike?
>>1295279
So you can use a shield and fight better individually.
How much of the legend behind Rurik is true?
Did Rurik and his men get slavanized genetically and culturally like the Normans or did they stay Norse for a long time?
How much did Rurik's Norse background affect the culture of the area? Is there still Norse/Germanic cultural links in 1600+ Russia?
