*10th Anniversary Recover Edition
*Published overseas in China and Taiwan!
*The choice of 100,000 readers in Korea, China, and Taiwan!
*Selected as a recommended book for youth by the Korea Publication Industry Promotion Agency
World history, where context and flow become apparent as you follow the protagonists of masterpieces.

The Western history book, "Why Do Princes on White Horses Wander So Much?" and its in-depth edition, "Why Did the Cat Wear Puss in Boots?", have been consistently loved by readers since their publication in 2013 and have become steady sellers.
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the first edition, it is being compiled into a 'Different Stories, Different Histories' series and released as a reissue edition.
This series, which uncovers the hidden stories behind masterpieces with rich imagination and keen insight, guides readers through exciting history and is expected to continue with Oriental history, Korean history, and women's history.

"Why Do Princes on White Horses Wander So Much?" has been translated and published in China and Taiwan, and is currently receiving favorable reviews from readers.
Over the past 10 years, 100,000 readers in Korea, China, and Taiwan have chosen this book, and it was also selected as a recommended book for youth by the Korea Publication Industry Promotion Agency.
Volume 2, “Why Did the Cat Wear Boots?” was selected as an excellent publication content for small and medium-sized publishers by the Korea Creative Content Agency.
The author is working hard on writing the third volume of the series, Oriental History, with the goal of publication in the first half of next year.


The author, who conveys world history in a delightful way with his uniquely savory storytelling, calls upon familiar characters from classic fairy tales such as Snow White, Anne of Green Gables, Little Princess, Zeze, and Marco to lower the barrier to entry to world history.
In a world filled with dignified heroes, kings, and wars, we uncover the stories of boys and girls, villains, supporting characters, witches, and strange heroes, and even uncover the hidden backstories of world history.


From the story of how princes on white horses ended up wandering around a country other than their own, to the reason Marco had to travel 30,000 miles to find his mother, to the inside story of why Anne of Green Gables was so enraged by being teased as a "carrot," we delve into the historical background of these classic fairy tales one by one, guiding you through a world of astonishing twists and turns to grasp the context and flow of history.

Many of the wandering princes in fairy tales were actually wandering young knights who were driven out of their homeland with the words, “Try your luck.”
With little inheritance to inherit and unemployed, the best way for them to survive was to marry the only daughter of a neighboring country's princess and inherit her family's kingdom, thereby becoming joint kings.
So, the princes had to train themselves to be eloquent, have good etiquette, and have chivalry so that the princess would fall in love with them at first sight.
Even if Snow White in the glass case wasn't his type of woman, and even if Sleeping Beauty, who was about 100 years older than him, had bad breath because he hadn't brushed his teeth for 100 years, he had to endure it and pretend to fall in love with her at first sight and kiss her.
It turns out he's a white man riding a white horse.
Ah, sadly, this was the true identity of Prince Charming, the prince on a white horse.

--- p.22

Because I could not dare to express my resentment towards the Christian God, who is an absolute being.
Instead, the cause was sought in other beings of the universe, such as witches and werewolves.
Because people who are driven out into the forest outside the village can easily become targets of resentment.
But if these scapegoats and public enemies were simply criminals who were chased away in wolf skins, or grandmothers whose noses were slightly burned while boiling herbs, wouldn't their existence be too insignificant compared to the magnitude of the sins they are believed to have committed?
So, medieval people imagined them as monsters that turned into wolves and harmed people when the full moon rose, and as witches who made a pact with the devil and ate children.

--- p.33

Westerners were not very negative about the color red itself.
The problem was the red color that came from the body of the living creature.
Medieval Christians believed that the red blood of living creatures stimulated excessive sexual desire.
This is where the idea that during Lent, when meat consumption is prohibited, 'red' meat such as beef and pork cannot be eaten, but eating white fish is permitted.
There is also a reason why it is believed that fish do not induce sexual desire because they do not mate by direct physical contact between male and female.
In this context, a person with a red beard or red hair, which seemed to be filled with red blood, was considered to have excessive sexual energy.
--- p.48

The blonde hair that the Germanic peoples idealized was seen as beautiful and normal, while the red hair common among the Celts they drove out was seen as ugly and abnormal.
That it reflects the history of discrimination against the Irish and Scottish, who served as internal colonies of Britain for a long time.
That is, the hatred for redheads is based on the persecution of a minority by the majority.
In northwestern Europe, redheads are considered witches, but in southern Europe, where black hair and brown eyes are common, blue-eyed women are often accused of being witches, which clearly shows the persecution of this minority.

--- p.52

The queen must have had circumstances that forced her to look in the mirror frequently.
Usually, a country's queen is a foreign princess who was sacrificed in a political marriage.
The only person a queen could rely on when she married into a foreign country and was in a desperate situation was her husband, the king.
In a time when a woman's worth was judged by her appearance, a queen had to be more beautiful than anyone else to win the king's love.
So she may have become obsessed with her appearance, looking in the mirror often.
She looked at the mirror she had brought from her parents' house as a dowry, and because she felt miserable about her situation and missed her parents, she muttered a few words in her native language. But didn't the people around her, who didn't know foreign languages, think that she was casting a strange spell while looking at the mirror?

--- p.58~59

Jewish financiers were discriminated against, yet they were essential to society.
When feudal lords in medieval Europe needed money urgently, for example, for war or for their children's political marriages, they sought loans from wealthy Jewish financiers.
Then, in order to repay the money, he would exploit the peasants living in his territory and collect taxes harshly.
Instead of criticizing the problems of the feudal system, the people took out their anger on the easy Jews.

--- p.72

Charlemagne's descendants became obsessed with the idea that they had to march into Italy and take Rome to become true emperors who could rule the world.
This was because of the general perception that ‘Rome was naturally the center of the Roman Empire.’
However, the home base of Charles and his successors was not the Italian peninsula, but north of the Alps.
Nevertheless, the reason they tried to intervene politically and militarily in Italian affairs was precisely because of the medieval imperial concept that the Western European kings had.


On the other hand, the Pope was also a religious leader and a feudal lord with territories in central Italy.
The Pope was always wary of the Emperor's ambitions for Italy.
The conflict between the Pope and the Emperor over secular power, such as the right to appoint clergy, continued unabated.

--- p.96

In 1492, the long-awaited unification was achieved, but the many Spanish knights suddenly became unemployed.
This means that armed social discontent forces were always ready and waiting to use violence.
So Fernando and Isabella sent them to Africa and South America to establish colonies.
So to speak, the king and queen exported violence, and the knights became industrial warriors for foreign currency acquisition.

--- p.146

The arduous struggles of the heroes in mythology tell us, in turn, about the process of resolving the problems that ordinary people like us face in life.
The near-death experience they have signifies a moment of spiritual awakening where we can discard our past, flawed selves, be reborn, and become complete human beings.

--- p.168

When you feel like you're in the most difficult and lonely situation in the world and want to give up everything, read a history book and you'll learn that there were people who bravely overcame even greater hardships.
As the context surrounding the incident begins to become apparent, we begin to break free from pessimism and think about how to deal with it wisely.

--- p.214

Italy has the third largest number of overseas Koreans, after the Chinese and the Jews of Israel.
The majority come from rural areas in the south.
The spirit of mutual assistance among these Italians who left their homeland is famous for its strong bond.
This is because they went through such difficult times as migrant workers that they had to unite and help each other to survive.

--- p.268