What are some boring historical topics that are actually really

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>>2155043
Swiss history, especially high medieval and early modern one. Various city states and mountain tribes battle it out with the main powers of Europe and in their past time with each others. Full brunt of the Swiss Reformation, some pretty cool republics, germanic type Staendegesellschaft, odd folk sagas and epic wars.

>>2155043
How was Squanto playing 4D chess?

>>2155043
The Puritans were cool af. I had to read a ton of their original texts for a literature class and I was just struck by how fascinating they were. All you ever hear about them in pop culture is "le witch-burning prudes with funny hats"

Fun fact: Puritan New England was one of most literate societies on earth at the time. The Puritans were insanely well-educated

>>2155043
Canadian history gets a lot of flack for being boring, esp. compared to the US, but there's some really interesting stuff

>popular reformist rebellions in the 1830s that brought us responsible government
>American-backed Irish republicans raids
>the constitutional conference where the host city was overbooked cause of a circus so all the delegates got drunk on a ship in the harbour
>the half-breed Frenchie rebel who memed Manitoba into the confederation, got exiled (and was meanwhile elected to Parliament), then came back for round two as a religious fanatic
>the commie Quebecois terrorists of the '70s

>>2155261
there's all these weird nuanced provincial politics

>the authoritarian, staunchly Catholic, nationalist government of Maurice Duplessis in Quebec
>prairie socialism and the election of democratic socialists, during the Cold War
>the rough implementation of social credit theory in Alberta during the Great Depression
police

there was also a very active, and confrontational labour movement in the Interwar Period that gets overlooked (much like in the US), and a lot of bootlegging that went down during Prohibition

>>2155261
>>2155289
Sounds boring tbqh.

Jesuit missions

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>>2155157
When were Swiss boring historically?
They have sketches in Monthy Piton based on failed assoults against them. Who doesn't know about the introduction of halberds to the field and wrecking some knighly heads.

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>In modern usage, the word "puritan" is often used to describe someone who adheres to strict, joyless moral or religious principles. In this usage, hedonism and puritanism are antonyms.[5] In fact, Puritans embraced sexuality but placed it in the context of marriage. Peter Gay writes of the Puritans' standard reputation for "dour prudery" as a "misreading that went unquestioned in the nineteenth century", commenting how unpuritanical they were in favour of married sexuality, and in opposition to the Catholic veneration of virginity, citing Edward Taylor and John Cotton.[14] One Puritan settlement in Western Massachusetts banished a husband and sent him into exile because he refused to fulfill his marital duties to his wife.[15]

>They were not, however, opposed to drinking alcohol in moderation.[54] Early New England laws banning the sale of alcohol to Native Americans were criticised because it was "not fit to deprive Indians of any lawfull comfort aloweth to all men by the use of wine." Laws banned the practice of individuals toasting each other, with the explanation that it led to wasting God's gift of beer and wine, as well as being carnal. Bounds were not set on enjoying sexuality within the bounds of marriage, as a gift from God.[55] In fact, spouses were disciplined if they did not perform their sexual marital duties, in accordance with 1 Corinthians 7 and other biblical passages. Women and men were equally expected to fulfill marital responsibilities.[56] Women and men could file for divorce based on this issue alone. In Massachusetts colony, which had some of the most liberal colonial divorce laws, one out of every six divorce petitions was filed on the basis on male impotence.[57] An issue which held significant cultural ramifications, Puritans publicly punished drunkenness and sexual relations outside marriage.

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>>2155322
after the mid 19th century, Swiss history becomes pretty boring.

Pre-modern economics, from finance and insurance to trade and transportation.

>>2155342
>One Puritan settlement in Western Massachusetts banished a husband and sent him into exile because he refused to fulfill his marital duties to his wife
Wife was probably a roastie trying to steal his masculine essence and mental gains.

>>2155043
It's weird to think that New England was to actual England what Utah is to the rest of the US.

>>2155043

Early Israelite culture

>>2155043
Early American History, particularly 1775 to 1840 at the frontier

Also ancient Scandinavian history fascinates the shit out of me/

Prehistory.

Things took a while to happen, but things did happen.

>>2155043
I thought WWI was boring because the technology of the time wasn't particularly "cool" to me and the tactics/stakes involved weren't particularly interesting to me. Until I listened to Blueprint for Armageddon by Dan Carlin, and now I've been delving into lots of books and although learning about battles isn't as "fun" as WWII's dynamic moving battles, the geopolitics are pretty interesting. Currently listening to the Guns of August audiobook.