How do I know if I'm reading a good/up to date history book?

[Blue Orange]

Or heard of Mozart.

Were Mozart's wigs and frilly clothing and such seen as feminine in that era, though?

He also engaged in a lot of potty humor (Leck mich im Arsch is an actual Mozart piece).

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Were Mozart's wigs and frilly clothing and such seen as feminine in that era, though?

That wasn't what I was referring to.

He was a slight little dude who spent all of his time playing music where manly men were in fashion. But he was a rock star, centuries early.

 

[Blue Orange]

That wasn't what I was referring to.

He was a slight little dude who spent all of his time playing music where manly men were in fashion. But he was a rock star, centuries early.

Interesting point. I wonder how much of that is the bias of historians and how many troubadours charmed their way into the knight's lady's embrace when he was away warring. We'll probably never know.

But we all know nerds weren't cool anywhere west of the Himalayas and the Gobi...