Weird Medieval Guys

leech up, leech heads!

"PEOPLE OF CAIRO, YOU LISTEN TO ME. GO INTO THE TREASURY, AND PUT YOUR HAND IN THE CASH REGISTER FOR NO REASON. THAT MONEY IS YOUR MONEY AS OF RIGHT NOW."

• al-Umari, attributed to Mansa Musa, 14th century

Why are peasants so revolting?

The movies are back, or so they say. But what makes a good medieval movie? Historical accuracy? Satisfying storytelling? The quality of the tassels? To find out, Aran, Olivia and Joe Mason reviewed five movies. Some of them were good, some of them were interesting, and some of them were Braveheart.

Films reviewed:

• Braveheart (1995)
• The Northman (2022)
• The Green Knight (2021)
• The Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
• A Knight's Tale (2001)

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Roger Scruton - In Defense of Booty

Wait, what? Are you for real? is this a bit you're doing?

It would only make sense, right? Why else would they call it millenarianism?

And how Hitler made them illegal!

Nothing beats a Jet 2 Holiday - except, of course, trekking thousands of miles across Central Asia to deliver spices, preach the gospel, or just see that's going on over there. The Mongol Empire facilitated an unprecedented transcontinental mobility, which a few people (mostly Europeans, go figure) wrote about. Some of that writing was genuinely insightful, and some was unitentionally hsyterical. Oh, and it led to the creation of one of history's most legendary archetypes: white boys who say Inshallah.

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