max theodore’s Reviews > Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens > Status Update

twitching a little about mitchell pointing out that “sexuality” is an anachronism but also saying flatly that 1300s england was homophobic and thought homosexuality was evil… like yes but also homosexuality the concept didn’t exist yet it was more complicated,., it was special homophobia… <— the whole point of this book is pop history i’m just incorrigible

[photo caption] “The murder of Thomas Becket, from a fifteenth-century chronicle. Note the monk on the right doing fuck all about it.”

malcolm iii of scotland mentioned... just like in macbeth

parts of this are playing in my head in tbe voice of philomela cunk