Well, for one thing, it gave me another word I can misspell.
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And it gave a tons of reasons to create the nickname “the Dark Ages”:
The Council of Toulouse in 1229 prohibited laypeople in its jurisdiction from possessing Old and New Testament books and especially vernacular translations.
(The Bishop of Toulouse had the first name of “Folquet,” so there’s that.)
Brought us great bands like Iron Maiden.
Excellent!
It gave us the cuckoo clock.
Ooops, sorry, 18th century, not medieval.
But I’m sure the medieval times is when scientists figured out the average flight velocity of an unladen swallow.
Castles are cool…
And castles led to trebuchets, which are even cooler.
And trebuchets and other siege engines inspired Buckethead, which is the ultimate in cool
https://youtu.be/DEFIzUIgB-s
We can all eat turkey legs and watch jousting at Medieval Times …
Or at the Renaissance Festival.
If you go, try the Queen’s Muff.
Food sandwich but I order it without the olives.
*Good sandwich
Ironically, censorship laws were too tight in Toulouse.
The Medieval period was a time of radical institutional developments no one could have foreseen. For example, the Spanish Inquisition.