Come and confront what you think you know about the Middle Ages with an often surprising reality!
"In those days, people never washed"; "they died on average at the age of 30, and could neither read nor write".
"In those violent times, witches and heretics were burned, potions were made and dragons and unicorns were hunted".
"People believed the earth was flat!". "The peasants were slaves crushed by taxes, while the lords
lived in beautiful castles and feasted on roasted peacocks".
Preconceived ideas, stereotypes and fantasies?
You're about to discover that the Middle Ages as portrayed by medievalists are not always the ones we think...
With Vincent Corriol, Senior Lecturer in the History of the Middle Ages, Le Mans University / TEMOS Laboratory, UMR
CNRS 9016
"In those violent times, witches and heretics were burned, potions were made and dragons and unicorns were hunted".
"People believed the earth was flat!". "The peasants were slaves crushed by taxes, while the lords
lived in beautiful castles and feasted on roasted peacocks".
Preconceived ideas, stereotypes and fantasies?
You're about to discover that the Middle Ages as portrayed by medievalists are not always the ones we think...
With Vincent Corriol, Senior Lecturer in the History of the Middle Ages, Le Mans University / TEMOS Laboratory, UMR
CNRS 9016
