Various and Sundry

Getting Medieval with Your Answers

I’ve previously shared videos from Wired’s long-running series of “[Topic] Support.” This is where they have an expert on a topic usually far removed from tech support giving short, definitive answers to various questions on said topic.

I gotta do it again, because Dr. Armstrong covers a far-ranging series of questions in just under 20 minutes from the general (“why is it called the middle ages”) to ultra-specific knowledge about names of swords. And, of course, Vikings.

One thing no one asks her is why knights are locked in mortal combat with snails in so many ancient paintings, but luckily Vox has us covered.

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