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Main => The Round Table => Topic started by: Bradamante on 2013-01-13, 17:33:46
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Here is an article on Cracked.com that I thought might be of interest and could stir up some discussion here.
http://www.cracked.com/article_20186_6-ridiculous-myths-about-middle-ages-everyone-believes.html (http://www.cracked.com/article_20186_6-ridiculous-myths-about-middle-ages-everyone-believes.html)
[Edited by Sir Ed: Fixed link to use http]
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:D
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It's interesting the direction they went with knights and chivalry. It's not wrong, just a little one-sided, which you'd expect when they're trying to do some debunking. :)
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BTW, fixed link.
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Interesting, I didn't know the black death is what caused them to stop bathing. It makes sense trying to think through their brains. Thanks for sharing that link!
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YES! Finally justice to my profession! Yes the article does bust the big myths in which I would bust in the University classroom. :)
This is worth saving for future references. ;)
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Too bad I can't view it...but I get the gist just from your responses to it. lol
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Too bad I can't view it...but I get the gist just from your responses to it. lol
The short version:
#6. Scientific Progress Was Dead
#5. Everyone Smelled Like Complete sh**
#4. Knights Were Honorable, Chivalrous Warriors
#3. Everyone Was a Prude
#2. Women Were Treated as Cattle
#1. Life Was Horrible and Everyone Died Young
It's worth a read if you can view it from somewhere else.
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I'll check it from home then...looks interesting enough. What, you mean life wasn't horrible and everyone lived to a ripe old age?