Castles, Plague & Scholars
Ten questions on the medieval world beyond the stereotype, each correcting or complicating the popular version.
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The Middle Ages are usually reduced to knights and squalor, which leaves out most of what was happening. This quiz covers feudal obligation, the Black Death and its social consequences, the Byzantine Empire that continued Rome for another millennium, and the Islamic Golden Age that preserved and extended classical learning. The explanations tackle the common myths directly, without sanitising a period that was genuinely harsh for most people living through it.
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