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Jarlens sekel: en berättelse om 1200-talets Sverige
- GenresHistoryNonfiction
623 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2002
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Dick Harrison
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Dick Harrison is a Swedish historian and currently a professor at Lund's University, Sweden.
Dick Harrison is a Swedish historian and currently a professor at Lund's University, Sweden.
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May 17, 2021
I guess when you go into something with low expectations you can really get chocked... This book was SO GOOD.
I was really excited to learn about the 13th century because I felt like it's the century I know least about, but I definitely though the book would be a bit slow and dry. But it absolutely wasn't!! I found every single piece of information in this book so interesting, and I just wanted to soak up every sentence and remember every fact. Which sadly is completely impossible, but I think a lot of things have actually stuck since I found them so interesting to learn. And I actually really liked the writing style and the book shockingly enough even made me laugh at some points! This is by far my favourite out of all the historical books I've read these past few months.
A part of me now is like "Huh maybe I should go back to my old plans and study archaeology at uni instead of environmentalism...". So I guess that's quite a good rating for a book hahah.
I was really excited to learn about the 13th century because I felt like it's the century I know least about, but I definitely though the book would be a bit slow and dry. But it absolutely wasn't!! I found every single piece of information in this book so interesting, and I just wanted to soak up every sentence and remember every fact. Which sadly is completely impossible, but I think a lot of things have actually stuck since I found them so interesting to learn. And I actually really liked the writing style and the book shockingly enough even made me laugh at some points! This is by far my favourite out of all the historical books I've read these past few months.
A part of me now is like "Huh maybe I should go back to my old plans and study archaeology at uni instead of environmentalism...". So I guess that's quite a good rating for a book hahah.
July 4, 2020
En trevlig genomgång av det lilla vi vet om 1200-talets sverige, då landet mer eller mindre började existera.
January 12, 2013
Mycket upplysande översikt om den svenska nationens första steg in i historien. Den största behållningen av boken är en fördjupad känsla för det svenska kulturlandskapet. Om du vill ha skäl för att tycka om Sverige bortom pukor, krut och karoliner bör du läsa den här boken. Birjer Jarl rockar fett!
August 24, 2015
"Jarlens sekel" är en intressant och faktaspäckad bok. Dick Harrison skriver fängslande men även ytterst upplysande. Boken är lättillgänglig för den intresserade amatören.
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