Also, my computer kinda crashed a while ago, and since writing walls of text is quite bothersome on the phone, not to mention that a response could easily be lost, I hope you don't mind if I wait with my reply a few more days
We talked for an entire month about the 30 Years' War though. I wonder, perhaps the material we go through is just different in Italy than wherever you are.
I see. The only books about history I've read were about the Japanese Edo and Meiji periods. Aside from that I prefer reading either sci-fi books, or classical works of literature