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Scott's argument for the decline of civilisatio n in Western Europe is that barbarian client states began minting their own coins after the Byzantine empire was destabilised by Saracen attacks. He makes sweeping comments about a decline in literacy and living standards with no citation. This is kind of shit
— May 15, 2018 08:40AM
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Oh no, this introduction is full of claims with very little citation of sources. A lot of nebulous ideas about western civlisation with no attempt at establishing what he means. Not boding well for this...concludes with "i looked at so many sources if I had to cite them all it'd fill up a whole book!!" which is like a bad joke.
— May 15, 2018 08:27AM
