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The surprisingly modern Middle Ages

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Theore Modern Aspect to the Middle Ages

Mediaeval is used in disparaging terms by modern journalism and popular talk. It doesn't particularly irk me as a historian, because its you're not going to change it. I just think that actually, you can engage with the middle ages am in a way that acknowledges that it's interesting and not just totally terrible, dark and bad. But i'm old enough now not to get too mad about things i know i can't change.

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