@civilwarbore yeah no one believes me when I say that Medieval Europe was a place where terrible shit happened all day every day to everyone
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Replying to @AdmiralHip
@civilwarbore and it's because they read garbage like that1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AdmiralHip
@AdmiralHip also the terrible they select is more about modern people. Lots of inter-personal violence, not enough illness/malnutrition1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @NeolithicSheep
@AdmiralHip shit tons of rape, but a distinct lack of cholera! Bc having your hero's family shit themselves to death isn't sexy.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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Replying to @AdmiralHip
@AdmiralHip actually a distinct lack of anyone who isn't nobility and very modern in thought.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @NeolithicSheep
@civilwarbore well naturally peasants are disposable and ignorable when it comes to medieval fantasy.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AdmiralHip
@AdmiralHip one reason I lurved the papers you sent me was that they accounted for different social stations!1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @NeolithicSheep
@civilwarbore yeah I like to try to talk about everyone, because many people, including historians, forget about the regular folks.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AdmiralHip
@AdmiralHip it sucks bc documentary evidence is lacking for the lives of e.g. tenant farmers vice barons but w/o them, no country.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@civilwarbore There is a book called Images of the Medieval Peasant by Paul Freedman that is exceptionally good in discussing peasants
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