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Do you have a favorite era/period of history? I was trying to think of mine the other day. I am best informed about 20th Century European history, but I don't know if I would call it my favorite. What's yours?

Mine is the Medieval period. I cannot explain why. There is something about it that really appeals to me.

I always liked the costumes in that period...you can't tell me that it wouldn't be fun to dress up in a hoop skirt once!

I'm also a fan of Japanese history.

Actually hoop skirts are really more Renaissance than Medieval, they are also very Victorian.

I once wore a hoop skirt into a walmart. A friend of mine and I were trying to make a skirt to go over the hoops and could not figure out how many yards we needed without the fabric in front of us. so we both wore the hoop skirts into the store to try out the fabrics ourselves.

Oh ya, my favorite historical period.

Though I am the reanaissance editor, my favorite period is actually right at the end of the nineteenth century and beginning of the twentieth. Victorianism is ending but modern technology has not become so incredibly intrusive.

It is the period of Art Nuveau and better fitting clothing. The salons in Paris were full of creative young people and New York City working girls could take the trolley to Coney Island. Imperial Russia held beautiful parties in St. Petersburg, and California was finally becoming a little less a lawless frontier.

A very interesting period in my opinion.

I agree, that's a fascinating period. I actually recently took a course in American art history and they were talking about the artistic transitions in Europe at that time and how they were impacting American artists.

My major is Ancient History (Babylonia, Assyria, etc.), but if I had to pick a favorite historical period it would be classical history. Caesars and the Olympics... Cleopatra and Marc Antony... it's completely captivating. I especially love ancient warfare. I know it's not especially girlie, but I can't help it. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
I really enjoy the Middle Ages as well.

Kennie.

A lot of ABBA fans like the Midieval Period.

My favorite period to study is World War II 1937-1945

There are just so many aspects of this event to study. There are endless angles to approach it from. So many tragedies and so many amazing stories of survival and heroism. It never ceases to captivate me.

After reading the Clan of the Cave Bear series, by Jean Auel, I have to say that I am MOST FASCINATED with prehistory and how early man survived long ago.

I like ancient Greece,the American Civil War era, and Colonial America.

Lorel

I also love WWII history. We recently went to Washington, DC and toured the International Spy Museum. There was a lot of great info there on WWII. We also went to the Holocaust Museum. One thing I found heartening at the Holocaust Museum is a wall of names with little stories about those who tried to help the Jews. They were just individuals trying to do the right thing and many of them were arrested or killed as well.

I really wouldn't say I have a favorite period. I would say my love is for American History in general which I absoulutly love. For some reason I could never get into European history or classical history.

American History IS really interesting and very accessible. I see you live in CA. Have you been to any of the gold mining towns or to Sacramento to see the historical things there?

I used to live in Southern Oregon and there is lots of gold mining history there. The little town of Jacksonville is a restored mining town with a huge music festival (the Britt) every summer.