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The YouTube channel Shadiversity has a series called 'Medieval Misconceptions' which I really enjoy: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWklwxMTl4sx73IrJ4PPUJmu

The YouTube channel Shadiversity has a series called 'Medieval Misconceptions' which I really enjoy: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWklwxMTl4sx73IrJ4PPUJmulfsHxBJ7M https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWklwxMTl4sx73IrJ4PPUJmul... The overarching theme of this series is that medieval people were not dumb, they just had different cultures and less technology. The more I learn about it the more I come to appreciate this idea. Of course if drawing images was expensive and difficult, someone would find a way to make copies and edits of existing images! It's what any of us would do.

bombcar 5y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_technology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_technology has a long list of things that we might ascribe to either the Romans or to the late Renaissance but are firmly in the misnamed "Dark ages".
LeonB 5y ago
There’s a childrens show called “Horrible Histories” that tried to make history “fun” for kids. They continually indicate that people in the past were very stupid and brutal. Horrible history show.
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- Ansil849 5y ago
  > There’s a childrens show called “Horrible Histories” that tried to make history “fun” for kids. They continually indicate that people in the past were very stupid and brutal. Horrible history show. But people were (and continue to be) stupid and brutal. If anything, the Horrible Histories series whitewashes and plays down many of the actual stupid brutalities, so as to make the history child-friendly. But there are events like cat burnings in European history up to the 1800s, where people would gather in the town square and set giant bags of cats on fire [1]. The edition of Horrible Histories that comes out in the year 2100 about the 21st century is going to describe the most stupid and brutal period yet. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat-burning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat-burning

bombcar 5y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_technology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_technology has a long list of things that we might ascribe to either the Romans or to the late Renaissance but are firmly in the misnamed "Dark ages".

LeonB 5y ago

There’s a childrens show called “Horrible Histories” that tried to make history “fun” for kids. They continually indicate that people in the past were very stupid and brutal. Horrible history show.

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Ansil849 5y ago
> There’s a childrens show called “Horrible Histories” that tried to make history “fun” for kids. They continually indicate that people in the past were very stupid and brutal. Horrible history show. But people were (and continue to be) stupid and brutal. If anything, the Horrible Histories series whitewashes and plays down many of the actual stupid brutalities, so as to make the history child-friendly. But there are events like cat burnings in European history up to the 1800s, where people would gather in the town square and set giant bags of cats on fire [1]. The edition of Horrible Histories that comes out in the year 2100 about the 21st century is going to describe the most stupid and brutal period yet. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat-burning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat-burning