I’m glad that Tumblr as a whole recognises that the Norse people weren’t just drunk, smelly barbarians, but I think we might be swinging too far in the other direction and romanticising them. Especially when it comes to women’s rights. Norse women had it comparatively better than many of their contemporaries, but their society didn’t have perfect gender equality. It’s also important to remember that they kept slaves, and the legal protections and status of free women did not apply to enslaved women.
Category: medieval
lloerwyn: The thing about saying that the Middle Ages were either ‘bad’ or ‘good’…
The thing about saying that the Middle Ages were either ‘bad’ or 'good’ is that you’re talking about a roughly thousand-year period encompassing Europe, the Byzantine Empire, and varying amounts of Asia and Africa depending on the scholar you ask. So much happened in that timeframe. Some people suffered terribly and some people lived full, happy lives. It’s impossible to generalise.
art-histormemes: At some point in the not-so-distant past, you know that Monk Gregory, sitting at…
At some point in the not-so-distant past, you know that Monk Gregory, sitting at his dimly lit desk, must have had a cat knock over an ink bottle and ruin many hours of manuscript work.
Studying 5th – 7th Century Britain
a.k.a. All Your Sources Are Problematic.
Plague DoctorThere’s a lot of flu going around… time for…
Plague Doctor
There’s a lot of flu going around… time for a flu shot?