
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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The Biggest Myth of All
Myths fundamentally are stories that try to justify and rationalize and explain the world. Myths might be sometimes true, but they're very dangerous and pernicious when they're false. The middle ages are the lynch pin of how western people talk about our history or where we came from. If you believe there's such a thing as the middle ages then that fits nicely into a simple three part story of history.
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