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From Rivals in Power: Lives and Letters of the Great Tudor Dynasties by David Starkey (isn't so much nicer to be able to reference stuff like this?)
"Court life was intended to be fun. Indeed, it was dangerous for the monarch if it was not, for boredom in a society of aggressive adult males with over-sized egos spells trouble."
No kidding. No wonder Elizabeth was tired of all the macho posturing.
Apparently, I'm more interested in browsing through a discussion on Amazon about how important having a degree in history is for your general historical knowledge. Honestly, I've learned a lot this past year, but 90% of the information I'm using for my dissertation I learned on my own. I already knew most of the stuff we discussed in the Aztec course before I set foot in the classroom. Not that I didn't learn plenty in writing the essays, but only a few things are making it into the dissertation. Working with primary sources? Already knew that. Though apparently not everyone in my course did. But why am I talking about this when I need to be writing this thing?
"Court life was intended to be fun. Indeed, it was dangerous for the monarch if it was not, for boredom in a society of aggressive adult males with over-sized egos spells trouble."
No kidding. No wonder Elizabeth was tired of all the macho posturing.
Apparently, I'm more interested in browsing through a discussion on Amazon about how important having a degree in history is for your general historical knowledge. Honestly, I've learned a lot this past year, but 90% of the information I'm using for my dissertation I learned on my own. I already knew most of the stuff we discussed in the Aztec course before I set foot in the classroom. Not that I didn't learn plenty in writing the essays, but only a few things are making it into the dissertation. Working with primary sources? Already knew that. Though apparently not everyone in my course did. But why am I talking about this when I need to be writing this thing?