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Ep 213 - American Opinions on the Middle Ages (feat David Montgomery)
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folks, we're back and it's time to talk about polling! specifically, a recent YouGov poll that asked Americans for their opinions on the European Middle Ages. and before you think the worst, the responses were quite heartening! the Dark Ages myth is now below 50% and seems to be far more popular with older generations and more Americans think about the Middle Ages on a weekly basis than they do about the Roman Empire. there's a lot more, which you can check out at the link below. but we good news is we got to ask David Montgomery, who conducted the poll, plenty of questions about what it means and what we should infer from the results. unfortunately, Dr. Eleanor had to join the recording partway through do to us working between multiple deadlines to get it done but Luke and David talk it through until then.
poll: https://today.yougov.com/entertainment/articles/51889-violent-dark-dirty-americans-middle-ages
David's podcast about French history after Napoleon to before WW1: www.thesiecle.com
Comments
James Cézanne-Taipale
I have the bravery to not believe in anything rather than just believe in nothing thank you
Do Golems Dream of Ceramic Sheep
In (_very_ post-hoc) defense of calling Henry VIII Medieval. Making the most Catholic-ass form of Protestantism so that you can basically declare yourself Pope sounds like bootstrapping a second Avignon Papacy to me. (as someone who only knows enough about history to get myself into trouble)
