This also goes for the maths and sciences. Medieval students weren't just learning fractions, they were learning the philosophy behind maths. It's a related subject but not the same.
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Anyway the thing that grates me about this isn't misunderstanding cathedral schools the "get off my lawnn" vibe of the whole thing. Because while these students no doubt were well read and accomplished there were probs only five of them BECAUSE YOU HAD TO BE A RICH DUDE TO BE ONE
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Your family had to be able to spare you from work, so you had to be well to do, and women were not allowed in, so yeah yay the rich boys are clever. Hooray. Not something I am trying to aspire to.
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But also, students in the medieval period, like students now, were notoriously rowdy. They still fucked about, got drunk, chased girls, wrote their dad's for more money and occasionally started riots. See: Paris University for more details (though that is high middle ages).
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Anyway the TL/DR is that this comparison is not helpful and it is the sort of thing that people make when they don't understand either medieval OR modern education. The major continuity is actually the universal down to party vibe of students, which I personally love.
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It has been correctly pointed out to me that Danish is off the cards for students at York cuz that is later ninth century. I don't work on England because it is a medieval backwater and that is the other annoying thing about the initial tweet. Why pick York?? Answer: colonialism.
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Dr Eleanor Janega Retweeted Dr C. M. Bromstick 🧹, Dublin
Another good Tl/DR herehttps://twitter.com/AdmiralHip/status/1279734327501340672?s=19 …
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I'm not so sure about the "read more". They did read different stuff, I guess. There was no twitter, no internet, nowhere near as many novels, science books, no newspapers,....but in sheer volume I think there's no match (not discussing quality here)
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They absolutely did not read more than we did at aged 18.
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It's just not a useful distinction though anyway because like what does read more even mean and why is reading more thought of as useful? They certainly didn't read as *widely* but probably more in depth. Also who TF cares? Students are chilling as is good and right.
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