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<blockquote data-quote="Dr. Strangemonkey" data-source="post: 1560209" data-attributes="member: 6533">I saw a lot of good literary references from the periods under discussion.If it helps here are some good histories from the middle ages:For the Byzantines, and in general, I highly recommend Anna Comnena's Alexiad.&nbsp; She was a Byzantine princess who chronicled her father's successfull attempts to control and defend the Byzantine empire during a very stressful period.Also includes a Greek account of the first crusade and some cool military details including a really fantastic account of a naval engagement.Bede's Ecclessiastical History of the English Church gives you a good idea of how strange English history was early in the period and how the church related to local powers.Gregory of Tour's History of the Franks gives you a fantastic idea of how strange and complicated the Dark Ages were, reads a lot like a modern true crime book.Joinville's Life of St. Louis gives you a good idea of how a real life Paladin might behave, how cool a defeated military campaign can be, and how civilized and crazy mideaval warfare was.Also, has some very good urban crime and enforcement scenes.Saint's lives cannot be overemphasized as an important resource for gamers.Not only are there lots of cool monsters, but there are also all sorts of awesome heroes and villains, magic, and really cool details on the reality and thought of medieval people of all classes and creeds.The life of St. Anthony the Great written by St. Athanasius the Great has everything from really cool stories about the devil showing up to whine to great holy men to details on very early mideaval dental realities.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dr. Strangemonkey, post: 1560209, member: 6533"] I saw a lot of good literary references from the periods under discussion. If it helps here are some good histories from the middle ages: For the Byzantines, and in general, I highly recommend Anna Comnena's Alexiad. She was a Byzantine princess who chronicled her father's successfull attempts to control and defend the Byzantine empire during a very stressful period. Also includes a Greek account of the first crusade and some cool military details including a really fantastic account of a naval engagement. Bede's Ecclessiastical History of the English Church gives you a good idea of how strange English history was early in the period and how the church related to local powers. Gregory of Tour's History of the Franks gives you a fantastic idea of how strange and complicated the Dark Ages were, reads a lot like a modern true crime book. Joinville's Life of St. Louis gives you a good idea of how a real life Paladin might behave, how cool a defeated military campaign can be, and how civilized and crazy mideaval warfare was. Also, has some very good urban crime and enforcement scenes. Saint's lives cannot be overemphasized as an important resource for gamers. Not only are there lots of cool monsters, but there are also all sorts of awesome heroes and villains, magic, and really cool details on the reality and thought of medieval people of all classes and creeds. The life of St. Anthony the Great written by St. Athanasius the Great has everything from really cool stories about the devil showing up to whine to great holy men to details on very early mideaval dental realities. [/QUOTE]

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