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?
>>1295186
>How much of the legend behind Rurik is true?
He probably existed and first rulers of Kievan Rus were Normans.
>Did Rurik and his men get slavanized genetically and culturally like the Normans or did they stay Norse for a long time?
Yes, and they did it very quickly. It can even be seen by names of the princes:
>Oleg
Helge
>Igor
Ingvar
>Olga
Helga
>Svyatoslav
>Volodymer
Waldemar
>Yaroslav
>How much did Rurik's Norse background affect the culture of the area? Is there still Norse/Germanic cultural links in 1600+ Russia?
Rulers didn't affect shit. Novgorod and surroundings (archeological data suggests Novgorod appeared only in 10th century) has always been influenced by its neighbors heavily but Moscow and Russian core is a completely different story since territories of Vladimir-Suzdal principality were full of Finno-Ugrics, and they were colonized by what are now Russians way after viking activity. In fact, some people (Kostomarov, Zaliznyak) went as far as describing Novgorod as a completely separate identity. Either way, Ivan IV fucked Novgorod up so hard its culture almost disappeared so it's irrelevant in the grand scheme of things.
In other words, yes, anti-Normanists are idiots.
In other words, no, Ivan wuz not vikingz n cyka blyat.
>Rurik was finnish
>Rus were le scandinavian warriors xD
germaniggers and their alternative history will never fail to amaze me
>>1295259
So when Ahmad ibn Fadiam described Rus he was in fact describing Slavs and not norsemen?
I'd like to know more about the history of my people
Were there Italians in America before the massive sicilian immigration?, How do other American people saw/see us?, What's our biggest contribution to America?
>>1295144
>Were there Italians in America before the massive sicilian immigration?
Some populations maybe, but in general Italians preferred South America
>How do other AMerican people saw/see us?
>saw
Like the Irish (i.e. not good)
>see
Like the Irish (i.e. good)
>What's our biggest contribution to America?
Cheap labor
>>1295179
>cheap labor
>not cuisine or organized crime
>Northern Italian
>Family came before the independence
>White aryan
>Before those moors came to America, Italians were considered as good as any other white anglosaxon
>Even Jefferson liked us
Fuck Wops
Why did Italy suck so much during the second world war? They just lost over and over.
inb4 lazy Italians
EYY LUIGI PUT DAT-A GUN DOWN AND BRING ME SOME MORE SAUCE FOR DIS PIZZA BEFORE THE ALLIES ARRIVE
>>1295078
Poor leadership and lack of experience , also widespread nepotism.
Lack of equipment that matched up to modern standards, Mussolini knew as much, and asked Hitler to postpone the war for this reason
>>1297325
This, and also the Italians had no reason to care whether they won or lost the war.
They were pretty much just in it because Il Duce wanted to play with the big boys.
Why Roman Empire was never restored despite of everything that Charlemagne, Justinian and that guy who created >H>R>E was done? They even are successful in their attempts to conquer many lands.
>>1295027
stability wasn't their friend
>>1295027
>Why Roman Empire was never restored despite of everything that Charlemagne, Justinian and that guy who created >H>R>E was done? They even are successful in their attempts to conquer many lands.
>Charlemagne
>Justinian
>Otto I
Notice some trait they all share? They are all christians
>>1295062
>Notice some trait they all share?
All disgusting white males.
Who was the greater Germ remover, Napoleon or Stalin?
>>1294842
Mr Clean
>>1294842
Napoleon seemed to have been a more refined Pruss-remover rather than Germ-remover.
And somehow, germans will even praise Napoleon to this day for having instilled in them some nationalism through the Rhine confederation, and reminding them that they became a push-over by being this fragmented.
So Stalin I suppose.
Karl Marx
