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MN History Club?

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LineRunner · 15/09/2012 10:41

Hi

On the back of this very busy and brilliant thread here (now in Classics) about medieval history and much more besides, would MNHQ please consider a history topic / MN History Club?

There are lots of comments on the thread such as 'Best thread ever', 'I am so pleased to find others who want to talk about tudor history' etc.

I think it might fit into the In The Club category.

I'm more of a prehistory geek myself, but could start threads within the general MN History Club topic.

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alcibiades · 15/09/2012 15:36

Thanks, LRD. I decided to download Xinran's first book "The Good Women of China" - that's a fascinating and rather shocking book about modern China.

rarebreed · 15/09/2012 15:34

Yep, collected so many of those books when I was younger

SillyBeardyDaddyman · 15/09/2012 15:25

Horrible histories?

rarebreed · 15/09/2012 15:16

I would like a chat with Terry Deary, he was the one that got me interested in history in the first place.

LRDtheFeministDragon · 15/09/2012 15:12

Ah, feck. Wrong thread. Scuse me! Grin

LRDtheFeministDragon · 15/09/2012 15:11

Ewww. Looked up the etymology further. Not keen.

'1680s, from L. vagina "sheath, scabbard" (pl. vaginae), from PIE wag-ina- (cf. Lith. voziu "ro cover with a hollow thing"), from root wag- "to break, split, bite." Probably the ancient notion is of a sheath made from a split piece of wood (see sheath). A modern medical word; the Latin word was not used in an anatomical sense in classical times. Anthropological vagina dentata is attested from 1908.'

It's a natural orifice, not something split. Ick.

(I am absurdly squeamish, btw, so don't make too much of this reaction, it would be the same to dozens of other things most people wouldn't care about.)

PetiteRaleuse · 15/09/2012 15:11

Excellent idea. I read but didn't join in the Tudor thread. V v interesting to see what other people think about things.

LRDtheFeministDragon · 15/09/2012 15:05

I don't know anything at all about Chinese history, but Xinran's Voices of A Silent Generation is amazing. Only C20th, though - But I had to say it as she's amazing.

MadBusLady · 15/09/2012 15:04

Oi doned a thread.

alcibiades · 15/09/2012 15:00

Brilliant idea! Either a separate history section or combining history and genealogy.

I think a section that covers all times and places would be good. For instance, I know absolutely nothing about the history of China, but I bet there's a MNetter who could recommend a good book for a beginner.

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LineRunner · 15/09/2012 14:54

Michael Wood was a sex god back in my day. Leather flying jacket and faded jeans.

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MyNeighbourIsStrange · 15/09/2012 14:53

yes please

WilfSell · 15/09/2012 14:50

Ah, Michael Wood. Twinkly dad of history telly.

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LineRunner · 15/09/2012 14:48

My ideal guest poster would have to be Michael Wood. He got me interested in the first place, with his In Search of the Dark Ages.

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LineRunner · 15/09/2012 14:47

All history, I think, including ancient history, prehistory, archaeology.

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WilfSell · 15/09/2012 14:47

Oooh, yes. And then you can invite special guest posters like Mary Beard and that one with the cool hair and clothes and the speech impediment who works for royal palaces, and that other floaty one who did the jubilee, and that Amanda Vickery who is kind of like a historian Liza Tarbuck I reckon and would have a pint with you. And then you could get Neil Oliver and Thingummy Snow in and they'd just disappear in a pile of flailing hormonal clutching hands only leaving behind a wisp of dark hair and a lantern jawbone.

rarebreed · 15/09/2012 14:42

Wow look at the hair!

rarebreed · 15/09/2012 14:40

I would love to learn more about women's fashion/costume like this

PretzelTime · 15/09/2012 14:29

Yes please!

LRDtheFeministDragon · 15/09/2012 14:24

I would like to know more about Irish history (and all non-UK history).

happyAvocado · 15/09/2012 14:21

I'd love that kind of board as I would love to find out more about social history in general'

MordecaiAndTheRigbys · 15/09/2012 14:17

Is this all history or just british history? Cos I'm well versed in my Irish and British history but would love to read more from other countries, more obscure the better!

Triggles · 15/09/2012 14:15

Definitely would love to see this! Good idea!

SirGOLDBoobs · 15/09/2012 13:50

Oooh History and Genealogy is a superb idea!!

MadBusLady · 15/09/2012 13:44

Sounds good to me!

Have an idea for a thread I will start later...