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The headline of the first (non-introductory) subsection reads > Part 1: Renaissance Life was Worse than the Middle Ages (super-condensed version)

• boomboomsubban 6y ago
  Ah, 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 ago
    Not 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.