Medievalists.net » Best of Medievalists.net http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 03:41:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 15 Myths about the Middle Ages http://www.medievalists.net/2014/06/27/15-myths-middle-ages/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/06/27/15-myths-middle-ages/#comments Fri, 27 Jun 2014 20:01:26 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=50736 People have some very wrong ideas about the Middle Ages.  Here is a list of fifteen of the strangest misconceptions about the medieval period

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