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>Their presumed links with paganism and witchcraft meant they were often treated with suspicion. Unfortunately, one of the most cruel forms [0] of medieval "su
by dav_Oz 4y ago
>Their presumed links with paganism and witchcraft meant they were often treated with suspicion.
Unfortunately, one of the most cruel forms [0] of medieval "suspicion"-treating. I will spare the details, here.
The article is quite shallow, the links are a much better read e.g.:
>One European pilgrim who traveled to the Middle East even noted that among the differences between Muslims and Christians was that “They like cats, while we like dogs.[1]
Or those wiki-articles [2],[3].
[0]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat-burning https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat-burning
[1]https://www.medievalists.net/2013/10/why-cats-were-hated-in-medieval-europe/ https://www.medievalists.net/2013/10/why-cats-were-hated-in-...
[2]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_depictions_of_dogs https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_depictions_of_dogs
[3]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_depictions_of_cats https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_depictions_of_cats
- xvilka 4y agoSavages. Dark Ages, indeed.
- FranzFerdiNaN 4y agoSeems it all happened after the Middle Ages, during those so-called rational times of the Renaissance and Enlightenment though. The Middle Ages have a bad reputation but most horrific things that we now consider medieval behavior happened after it. Witch hunts aren’t really a medieval thing for example. While you had conflicting opinions of course the general opinion of thr Church was that witchcraft was just superstition and not real.
- xvilka 4y agoThen it's time to stop calling these times as Renaissance and Enlightenment.
- Teever 4y agoWould it really be productive to rename entire periods of history and cause a confusing rift between documents produced before the name change and after?
- UncleMeat 4y agoThis is already a growing norm among academics. "Renaissance" is often now prefixed by a region and refers to art movements. The time period is more often called "Early Modern." Similarly, "Enlightenment" refers to a specific intellectual movement and not a time period when people are being precise.