Ronan’s Reviews > The Age of Chivalry: Culture and Power in Medieval Europe 950 - 1450 > Status Update

I'm not kidding when I say that I'm eagerly anticipating not having to read this book anymore. No wonder people decide not to go into history if this is what they're reading. Even I'm bored.

Would probably look impressive on display or on a bookshelf but does makes me question if anyone read it out loud before publishing. There are a lot of sentences that sound too long or end abruptly, and some words that sound ridiculous. Who ever uses the word "obstreperous"? I've never seen that word in my LIFE.

Only mildly interesting at this point, wanting it to be done with already. The layout of the book is very confusing because each chapter is based on dynasty / political entity rather than plain chronology, which I would have preferred.

Delightfully dry and boring, reminds me of my A-Levels in Tudor History a bit too much in how monotonous it all seems. This book is definitely saved by the pictures / photography included throughout. Coffee table book indeed.

Easy to read in a vague sort of way. Good for foundational knowledge, I suppose? Screams "coffee table book" in how it looks nice but most of it is quite surface level, dry and determined to summarise rather than explain.

Takes a while to read just because the sentences are written in quite a dry and cumbersome sort of way. The photographs, pictures and maps are probably the best part thus far.