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Middle Ages 1: Exploding the Myth of the Middle Ages

Historiansplaining: A historian tells you why everything you know is wrong

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Is the Middle Ages More Violent Than the Ancient World?

We can't tell a in detail exactly how violent the middle ages were because we don't have complete records. It's really hard to put any stock in that generalization. And altogether, it's hard to plate generalizations about the modern world when we have only 500 years to look at. The great heyday of public executions in europe at least was really the 17 hundreds.

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