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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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Did People Live Short LifeSpans?

There was plenty of art and culture to enjoy in the mediaeval world. A, dante, chaucer, a, marie de france, are really definitive in shaping these new literary national schools. So is the time when we see the birth of literature in the vernacular languages like italian, english, french? It's true that, although we can't know with any sion, the average life expectancy probably was somewhere in around 35.

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