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The Weirdness of the Middle Ages

We should revel in the weirdness of the middle ages, shouldn't we? Absolutely. I mean, the mediaeval people were people. And they did see the world in different ways and told stories that were that seemed a little weird sometimes. We live in an era in which a lot of people are doing things that seem a little weird to me as well. Ah, but humans are weird. We're idiosyncratic. We respond to stimuli, or make up things, or react in ways that are very contextual on the world we live in. But again, at the same time, mediaeval people also od really dirty stories about neighbors having secxs or, you know, affairs, or

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