Last year I listened to an episode of @mattlewishistory.bsky.social Gone Medieval where the guest @helencarr.bsky.social was promoting her book "Sceptered Isle". I finally got my hands on a copy and it's absolutely phenomenal. I can't recommend it enough to anyone interested in the 14th century
![[“The first people a dictator puts in jail are the writers, the teachers, the librarians—because these people are dangerous. They have enough vocabulary to recognize injustice and to speak out loudly about it. Let us have the courage to go on being dangerous people.”]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hppum4l25hcczzffastsicpq/bafkreig3dcwrzxtvuj2hkgj2mg3rgwactm77awp4ygvxjuje5q67yact7m)
