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The surprisingly modern Middle Ages

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The Early Middle Ages

In pires and thrones, i've written about the barbarian tribes who come in and establish the very first versions of what we now know as the nations of europe. And then you get to charlemagne's a sort of rebuilt western roman empire. I think if in the early middle ages, that's quite a useful block to look at in its own right. It has a narrative shape. Ayou can soro cut up the mediae mediaeval period into numerous chunks, can't you? Rarly, mediaeval, high mediaevalate mediaeval. Do those soff terms have much use? Do you think they do have use?"

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