Hahaha, well, as for me, all I can say is I was a weird teenager. I can't even claim I either knew most of these stories or cared about the ones I did.
At the time, I kind of used the Enlightenment as my excuse for being obsessed with the 18th century, but while I did like the *idea* of the Enlightenment, was I actually studying Diderot and Lavoisier and that bunch? No, what I was obsessed with was military history, military history, military history.
I pored over battle plans and surprisingly detailed historical atlases. I drew up my own battle plans and campaign plans! I was all "expansionist warfare FTW!" I checked out muster rolls from the university library and found them fascinating. I was the weirdest kid ever. Even to this day, when I've gotten rid of most of my high school book collection over the course of several moves, one category of books I hung onto over the years was 18th century military history. Cause yeah.
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At the time, I kind of used the Enlightenment as my excuse for being obsessed with the 18th century, but while I did like the *idea* of the Enlightenment, was I actually studying Diderot and Lavoisier and that bunch? No, what I was obsessed with was military history, military history, military history.
I pored over battle plans and surprisingly detailed historical atlases. I drew up my own battle plans and campaign plans! I was all "expansionist warfare FTW!" I checked out muster rolls from the university library and found them fascinating. I was the weirdest kid ever. Even to this day, when I've gotten rid of most of my high school book collection over the course of several moves, one category of books I hung onto over the years was 18th century military history. Cause yeah.
I regret nothing. :D