Repost from - r/AskHistorians - As a non-historian, how can I identify accessible, legitimate writing about medieval history without accidentally reading white supremacist propaganda/invented history? (5.1k upvotes)

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[–]MarkimusNational Socialist 12 insightful - 2 fun12 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

This is the most obvious propaganda post, there's no reputation whatsoever that medieval history has some white supremacist fake history connected to it. This is seed planting poisoning the well (who's known for doing such things?!?! :OOOO), not a serious question.

[–]VraiBleuScots Protestant, Ulster Loyalist[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

There definitely is a ‘thing’ in British historical circles with medieval Europeans.being portrayed as bigoted. You can’t even say ‘Anglo-Saxon! in some paced things without some sheboon accusing you of excluding POC

[–]MarkimusNational Socialist 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

that's not what is being referred to, they're saying that history is faked to seem more white and that non-whites are written out or have their achievements downplayed. when the reality is that non-whites weren't even in europe and if they were they were probably like 0.001% of the population as slaves or something.