Thursday, August 11, 2011

My Bookshelf's New System

Reorganized my main bookshelf today. The current order is mostly as follows:


Broad histories of knowledge/philosophy
Prehistory
Eastern Civilizations
General books on myths
General books on classical world
General books on Greeks
Greek histories
Greek philosophy
Greek drama and poetry
General books on Romans
Roman histories
Roman poetry/prose/philosophy
Later Roman histories
Books debating fall or metamorphosis
Byzantine and Arab history
Christianity and Roman empire
Church Fathers
Latin Christendom
Cult of Saints and Relics
Medieval Religion and hagiography
General histories of the crusades
First Crusade primary sources, secondary sources
Second and Third crusade histories
Fourth Crusade primary sources, secondary sources
Albigensian Crusade and books on the Cathars
Crusading warfare books
Other topics and the crusades
Crusades journal
Later medieval history

then a shift to

Science and Practice of History
General Reference
Language Grammars, Dictionaries, and Lexicons