Sure, but then why call it medieval at all? The term only fits if you define "medieval" as unspecified "olden times" (or circularly, "what D&D calls medieval").

Sure, but then why call it medieval at all? The term only fits if you define "medieval" as unspecified "olden times" (or circularly, "what D&D calls medieval"). The point, as I understand it, is that there are other terms that would fit the setting somewhat, and medieval does not fit the setting at all (save for in terms of technology). So if you're going to call it something, why medieval as opposed to Renaissance or post-feudal or wild west or Middle Ages anarchy or "the time of the murder hobos"?