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Indeed. But instead, the article comes with the headline Renaissance Life was Worse than the Middle Ages, eg citing life expectancy in Italy in the 1200s compar
by cygx 6y ago
Indeed. But instead, the article comes with the headline Renaissance Life was Worse than the Middle Ages, eg citing life expectancy in Italy in the 1200s compared to the 1500s in support. That can easily lead to new misconceptions.
- boomboomsubban 6y agoI'm not sure if it changed to reflect the actual headline, but that is not the current headline. It is a myth that the middle ages were bad, they were both bad and good.
- cygx 6y agoThe headline of the first (non-introductory) subsection reads > Part 1: Renaissance Life was Worse than the Middle Ages (super-condensed version)
- boomboomsubban 6y agoAh, I did not pay close attention to those. I don't think you can be blamed for a myth spreading as a result of someone not reading the article, but reading and misremembering the section titles.
- cygx 6y agoNot sure which 'you' that refers to. Let me clarify. In the words of the author, > This post is for you if you’re tired of screaming The Middle Ages weren’t dark and bad! and want somewhere to link people to, to show them how the myth began. That's not me. I'm the guy who is screaming But things did go to shit after the end of the Pax Romana in a whole number of quantifiable ways, don't just gloss over that!
- boomboomsubban 6y ago"You" referred to a generic someone, who in this case was the author. Neither the people the author claims are the target of the post nor you, cygx, are going to be uninformed enough to develop new myths that pretend the sixth century wasn't shitty. The author can gloss over them as they aren't the topic they want to discuss.