The myth of the flat Earth is more of a modern problem.
Posted on 05/15/2024 8:48:33 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
My first thoughts about the Middle Ages is I presume most doctors of that time didn’t understand the concept of bacterial and viral infections. Wasn’t this when the Black Plague killed all those Europeans. and kept killing until it was understood that rat feces were causing infections?
I may be confusing this with the Hanta virus.
Even still, scores of people died before the threat was fully over.
RE: Even still, scores of people died before the threat was fully over.
An understatement. MILLIONS of people died. It was one of the worst plagues in human history.
Look and wonder no more
https://shop.catholic.com/how-the-catholic-church-built-western-civilization/
How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization
“Today, some historians suggest that the real trouble for women came with the cultural changes of the Renaissance in the 15th and 16th centuries..”
More likely the Reformation and the dissolving of monasteries played a role because the women within those had a large degree of independence both financial and personal.
Another myth is that people of that era were always dirty. It is true they hygiene was limited compared to now but they knew to keep their hands and faces clean. Bathing was not unknown but having access to clean water for bathing could be difficult.
When I see dates listed as BCE and CE, I stop reading.
Another myth is people walked around with their faces dirty.
You see that in westerns and period drama movies starting in the 1960’s made in europe where everyone looked dirty. Someone I think would say to another “you got dirt on your face”.
They would say thanks and would wash it off.
Interesting article. I do need to know if King Joe Biden lied to his people about his teachers being drafted to play sports, about the economy and the Vandals being peaceful? 🤓
Germ theory, disease caused by microorganisms, wasn't understood or accepted until the late 19th century.
Not much more than 100 years ago.
“While the church deemed physical intimacy as only acceptable for procreation.”
Another myth.
The church considered sex an important foundation of the intimacy of marriage. Men were encouraged to make sex pleasing for their wives.
I automatically read those as Before the Christian Era and Christian Era.
“How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization”
In a few hundred years the sequel will be written: How the Catholic Church killed-off Western Civilization.
Starting with human trafficking across the US Southern Border, and likely the same in Europe.
THAT ship sailed for sure. With recent and more accurate DNA information available, looking only at contemporay sources and the material remains of past groups is going to produce incomplete and inaccurate data.
Check out 'Survive the Jive' ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VKSmYoWFZc
In addition to that, how eager would you be to wash up in cold water in the dead of winter, without central heating? Doing more than washing up the hands and face in winter sounds like an awful time. Heating enough water to bathe requires a lot of fuel and work.
A mostly peaceful sacking of Rome.
The myth of the flat Earth is more of a modern problem.
Right Brother said “when I see dates listed as BCE AND CE, I stop reading.”
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That’s sort of harsh. What’s wrong with B.C.E. “Before the Christian Era” and C.E. the “Christian Era?” That’s how I read it aloud to progressives. The reactions are fun!
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