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Are there any books like pic related?

>> No.15351457

bump

>> No.15351493

Didn't Eco write a book about a monastery? Idk if that's what you want though

>> No.15351552

>>15351493
Yeah I know about that one but still open to more options.

>> No.15351560

>>15351421
No unfortunately.

>> No.15351742

There aren't that I know of, but A Canticle foe Leibowitz is in a similar vein (preserving knowledge, fucked up savages, etc).

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>> No.15351850

>>15351742
Seconded. Very similar just it's post apocalyptic.

>> No.15352267

bump

>> No.15352275

>>15351421
The early Christian Church obviously wasn't interested in the preservation of texts simply for the sake of preserving them. Otherwise, we would have a lot more material from the Atomists.

>> No.15352301

>>15351421
all the clichés of medieval romances

>> No.15352960
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>>15351421
any books like this?
>be a random viking
>spend childhood sword training & talking to odin
>love perfecting my fighting stance and learning new ones (why is sword in one hand and an axe in the other so based?)
>spend most of my life preparing for a big and satisfying raid
>the news are finally here, with the help of our gods we will defeat the oceans and attack the irish kingdom
>barely fucking live through it, there was a storm
>we lost 1/3 of our ships
>my friends are dead, swallowed by the ocean
>fuck... we will meet in valhalla - i said to myself hoping for a glorious battle
>arrive on the shore
>scared shitless, adrenaline pumping
>rush forward... this is it boys
>see funny looking building and inside people in robes
>they dont even have swords
>they dont even fight back
>wtf?

>> No.15352983

>>15351421
Name of the Rose

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>>15352960
>this is Varg's wet dream

>> No.15353022

>>15351421
>>15351421
A Canticle for Leibowitz

>> No.15353024
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>>15352960
>die in a random battle
>1500 years later
>look back to earth from vallhala
>people adapted the christian religion after all

“All men are liars, said Roberta Muldoon, who knew this was true because she had once been a man.”

>mfw

>> No.15353035

>>15353022
>>15351850
>>15351742
Sorry, didnt read thread before posting
srsly though, a Canticle for Leibowitz is essential 21st century catholicore if you ask me

>> No.15353044

>>15351421
Diary of a Country Priest

>> No.15353170

The Rise of Christianity and Bearing False Witness by Rodney Stark

>> No.15353234

>>15353035
What else are the other essential /catholickino/

>> No.15354304

>>15353234
Lord of the World is bretty great.