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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[–]Sonofzeus 7 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

What exactly is racist about medieval history? Are there any prolific thinkers, historians or texts within this time frame that espouse specifically a white supremacist world view?

Or is it just liberals crapping their pants over Norse/Viking culture?

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

Pretty much everything in medieval history is a testament against their worldview, from ethnic loyalty to religious devotion and the never-ending struggle against Islamic invasions. Liberalism and its ideological offspring are rooted in the enlightenment, and the modern pop history cultists have nothing in medieval history that fits into their framework. This is why they have to actively rewrite history to inject their ideology into civilizations that would have enslaved or killed them had they existed in those times.