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Books recommended by Paul Graham from x.com
This source supports 4 books recommended by Paul Graham, including A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century, Medieval Technology and Social Change, Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres, and 1 more.
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Visit source: x.com/paulg/status/1120727210971811847 ↗Recommended by Paul Graham
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4 BOOKs-
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
From PG's April 2019 tweet listing obscure favorites; narrative history at its most immersive.
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Medieval Technology and Social Change
From PG's April 2019 tweet listing obscure favorites; appears on his RAQ history list as well.
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Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres
From PG's April 2019 tweet listing obscure favorites; reads Gothic architecture as a total civilization's worldview.
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The Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Jews and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain
From PG's April 2019 tweet listing obscure favorites; Moorish Spain as a case study in cosmopolitan intellectual culture.
