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It’s been way longer. The ‘dark middle ages’ stuff is mostly from the 19th century. Folks like Edward Gibbon were sitting about Rome and it’s legacy as being the epitome of civilization, comparable to the conremporary post emigrant enlightenment civilization.

The middle ages where painted as particularly stupid and filthy. It needed to be, cause nineteenth century society was the epitome of filthy, with crowded cities with the human first for the industrial revolution.

Therefore the dark ages, where mankind were ignorant and unaware of the benefit of modern hygiene had to be even worse, right?

That’s where most of our mutual understanding of that period comes from, and it’s rather silly. I’m not saying the middle ages where the cleanest era in human existence, that would most likely be when there were very few of us. But the common picture is flawed af

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Yeah, I just finished writing another comment in this thread that breaks down part of that myth in more detail. But it’s pervasiveness is so extreme, just like the ‘flat eath’ myths and general medieval ignorance and cruelty.

Not exactly. Mutliple bacteria thrive in alcoholic beverages (certainly sub 20% abv) when exposed to air (there were no air-tight storage solutions yet). The alcohol they made was far from sterile, as it would have been kept in barrels and they are ideal places for colonies to hide and be rekindled. Luckily most of the bacteriae that form in that manner are actually not unhealthy (like vinegar or pediococcus (feet bacerium)) or too bad tasting. If you look up Belgian wild ales you’ll find a whole amount of people who go crazy for those kind of beers.

The brilliant part is that the algae and bacteriae that make water taste nasty when put in a wooden barrel, make beer taste better, hence me saying it keeps better. And the alcohol content would be less. But people drank a lot of water too. It’s free and falls from the air and from streams and doesn’t involve boiling. It’s way to convenient and way too important for people to ignore.

Futhermore, you need good water to make good beer. Almost every brewery will praise their wellwater.

Also waste was collected, urine was used in the textile industry and shit as fertilizer.

Furthermore beer was generally the main drink, but not because water was tainted. Water is essentieel for existence, and keeping a clean water supply was very important. Poisoning a well was a capital offense.

Beer was better preservable in barrels then water, and more interesting in flavor. In a world with little choice (no coffee, tea or soda) it’s not strange it was preferred by many.

Yet it’s s pervasive myth that beer was the only healthy option.

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Naval warfare is right there in the meme

Yeah massively. Though it’s was contemporary to the Chinese civil war, so it’s hard to differentiate the casualty numbers.

Not sure what this is trying to say. Innumerable and sustainable are two different factors.

Both can be right but in sheer numbers there’s little comparison.

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in Polish [the word for Germany] is Niemcy, from the Proto-Slavic *němьcь, meaning speechless, since German is not mutually intelligible with Slavic languages;

Medieval history so hot right now

Remind me of a scene in Ulysses:

Schoolteacher to boy in school:

‘What can you tell me about Phyrrus?’

Well sir, Phyrrus’ a pier, isn’t it?

No but they died laughing from the power of an old Latin joke

Does it follow that historians are the victors? If so o have finally won something!

Til Harambe was a thing in the Renaissance

Ah I see!

The ironic thing is that Frederik (who was philosophically a pacifist, when he was heir to the throne) really was the warmonger, whereas his father loved his soldiers way to much to ever risk them in battle.

Yeah I edited my post, realized it minutes after posting

~~Plus where is his army corps of tall men?

Fritz isn’t complete without his collection of huge burly men. ~~

Oh wait that was his father

Well.. If the person said he skimmed the wikipedia article, yes.

It’s not that it is in some obscure footnote, it’s the second paragraph.

They could’ve saved a lot of time just praying a little more attention vs writing an epistle based on a mistake.

Throughout her career, Staller made provocative offers, such as offering to have sex with Saddam Hussein, Osama bin Laden and Vladimir Putin in exchange for peace.

It’s quite literally in the second paragraph of her Wikipedia:

Throughout her career, Staller made provocative offers, such as offering to have sex with Saddam Hussein, Osama bin Laden and Vladimir Putin in exchange for peace.