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Ep. 18 Discussion Thread
🕑 Added 2021-06-02 13:50:27 +0000 UTChello patrons! this is the open thread for Ep 18, which was published this morning. feel free to leave any comments or questions that you might have about the episode here or just leave your general thoughts. either way, thanks again for subscribing and we hope you enjoy it.
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I know this super childish, but the only thing I could think about the whole time was that there's the perfect reaction gif for what happened at Smithfield: https://tenor.com/I3dL.gif
Just my two cents on that, as a former student of medieval literature: The Renaissance carries a large part of the blame for the Middle Ages' bad image. The term itself implies "Yeah, that bit before us was dead/lame, so we're picking up where the Ancients dropped the ball." Also, every Renaissance scholar/student I have met has been obnoxious and overly in love with themselves, while medievalists are usually down to earth and largely pragmatic ( Citation needed, bias check recommended )
Based on some off-hand comments in the episodes, it seems that you have rather negative opinions about the Renaissance, but I haven't worked out why. If it's not too much trouble, could you share?
