Article: 6 Ridiculous Myths About the Middle Ages Everyone Believes

[Bradamante]

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

[Edited by Sir Ed: Fixed link to use http]

[Thorsteinn]

 

[Sir Edward]

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.

[Sir Edward]

BTW, fixed link.

[Sir James A]

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!

[Joshua Santana]

 

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.   

[Sir William]

Too bad I can't view it...but I get the gist just from your responses to it.  lol

[Sir James A]

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.

[Sir William]

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?