"Absurd Myths about the Middle Ages" Topic
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| Tango01 | 08 Mar 2019 9:32 p.m. PST |
"The Middle Ages is full of historical myths. Many historians blame this on the rise of humanism and the Renaissance movement. Both of these cultural shifts encouraged society to look back at medieval times in disgust. Gothic architecture from the Middle Ages was abandoned in the beginning of the Modern era, and replaced by classic Greek and Roman architecture. In other words, anything pertaining to the Middle Ages was seen as vulgar, tasteless, and old-fashioned…."
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| goragrad | 09 Mar 2019 8:08 a.m. PST |
Nice find, although the bit about the young knights and massacres is a bit exaggerated. |
| Tango01 | 09 Mar 2019 11:43 a.m. PST |
Glad you like it my friend!. (smile)
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| Asteroid X | 13 Mar 2019 6:01 p.m. PST |
The one about "knights" reads like a different author wrote it. No evidence, just pure fallacy that goes against everything, even the least knowledgable, know about the Crusades being a response to centuries of Islamic aggression and invasion. |
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