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Got Medieval

Postby Kurt » Sat Sep 04, 2010 5:01 pm

This is a blog started to confront the misuse of the term "Medieval" (like "get Medieval on your ass" for torture) but has evolved to include things like Knights fighting snails, hares trying and executing hounds and a man laying eggs.

Good, light reading for fans of Medieval history.

http://gotmedieval.blogspot.com/
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Re: Got Medieval

Postby JamesInTheWorld » Mon Sep 06, 2010 8:56 am

Why do all nerds like Medieval stuff?

Not a neg - I was honestly wondering



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Re: Got Medieval

Postby Dabbi » Mon Sep 06, 2010 12:47 pm

Thanks for the link kurt.
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Re: Got Medieval

Postby Kurt » Mon Sep 06, 2010 6:52 pm

JamesInTheWorld wrote:Why do all nerds like Medieval stuff?

Not a neg - I was honestly wondering



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Most of the "nerd medieval" is actually Victorian in origin.

Authentic medieval is a period that medieval thinkers themselves used to describe their period of history. Nerds like Medieval stuff perhaps because to them it reminds them of D&D and Tolkien. Historians and Medievalists like Medieval stuff because most of what the west is today was formed during that period of our history. Many like it because it is so unlike the Victorian romantic "Nerd" Medieval of jousting, roast turkey legs and bad manners.
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Re: Got Medieval

Postby LechoZX » Fri Sep 10, 2010 7:40 pm

I think you mean Elizabethan. Unless you are talking about jousting with flintlocks.
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Re: Got Medieval

Postby cowboycraig » Sun Sep 26, 2010 4:45 am

Amazing Blog! Subject matter expert indeed!
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Re: Got Medieval

Postby JamesInTheWorld » Mon Sep 27, 2010 8:43 am

Kurt wrote:
JamesInTheWorld wrote:Why do all nerds like Medieval stuff?

Not a neg - I was honestly wondering

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Most of the "nerd medieval" is actually Victorian in origin.

Authentic medieval is a period that medieval thinkers themselves used to describe their period of history. Nerds like Medieval stuff perhaps because to them it reminds them of D&D and Tolkien. Historians and Medievalists like Medieval stuff because most of what the west is today was formed during that period of our history. Many like it because it is so unlike the Victorian romantic "Nerd" Medieval of jousting, roast turkey legs and bad manners.


You are a Nerd for knowing that


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