Reviews for Slavery and Slaving in World History: A Bibliography, 1900-1991, 1992-1996, Vol. 2

The average rating for Slavery and Slaving in World History: A Bibliography, 1900-1991, 1992-1996, Vol. 2 based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-06-05 00:00:00 Michael Siverly Nennius is not as entertaining as Gildas, I must say. He's far less bitchy in his historical judgements, although the odd bit does shine through: "Nennius, pupil of the holy Elvodug, have [sic] undertaken to write down some extracts that the stupidity of the British cast out" is pretty much the opening line, which gave me a great deal of hope for an amusing read, but sadly he becomes a lot more objective and scholarly from then on. Instead, he makes a great deal of effort to standardise chronology - the introduction tells me he was one of the few to do so at this time - so this fairly short document is as well-ordered and readable as he can reasonably make it, though the fairly extensive lists of "begats" will never be thrilling reading. I've also shelved this as "Arthurian" because this is one of the very earliest Arthurian sources, although as with Gildas there's not a great deal of relevance here. Just a few paragraphs mainly, and it doesn't give a great deal of detail. The closing sections on the wonders of Britain and Ireland are more interesting...

Review # 2 was written on 2011-12-18 00:00:00 Ken Smith Nice and short. Read for class