Anonymous and Master Roger, a review
The ancient Sorrowful Lament story was reassuring of the power and resilience of the human spirit. The deprivations experienced by the Hungarians were not unique in human history, but serve to illustrate how resilient a people can be when things truly go to hell in a hand basket. When their leaders failed, the Hungarians found way to live in spite of their feckless unprepared leaders, and in spite of a ruthless, blood and booty thirsty enemy.
Anonymous and Master Roger is recommended to anyone wanting to understand the human condition, whether royalty, peasant, bureaucrat, or barbarian. This is an important book…for a “sorrowful lament” has much to teach us about the human condition and how little man changes. This highly eclectic little title comes highly recommended and many thanks to Dave for sharing.
Postscript: One remarkable thing about this book, printed in Hungary, is the high quality construction using good paper and string.
There are no references to share for this volume, however if this volume is indicative of their work, Central European Medieval Texts are to be commended and followed.
BTW, Joey recommended Millenium by Tom Holland and I’m about half-way through—excellent thus far!
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zen:
August 30th, 2011 at 4:16 am
First rate review! Putting it on my list
J.ScottShipman:
August 30th, 2011 at 1:15 pm
Many thanks, Zen!
joey:
August 31st, 2011 at 11:11 am
Glad your enjoying Millenium Scott.
I’ll have to check this out, we will never see there like again in there sheer destructiveness, violently retarding flourishing Chinese development, and abruptly ending the Islamic Golden age, I shudder to think what would have happened to western Europe if we had been anymore accessible.
J.ScottShipman:
August 31st, 2011 at 1:05 pm
Hi Joey,
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Of the two storys, Master Roger’s is best—if horrific.
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Millenium has been enlightening—and Holland is a great writer.