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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Ask/Tell > Ask me about Medieval History & Combat.
 
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Crab Dad
Dec 28, 2002

behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB

icantfindaname posted:

Okay, that's fair enough.

Another question: why did neo-serfdom happen in the eastern HRE and central europe and not in the western HRE?

Less travelers bringing in new ideas. West had a lot of ports and travel was way less restricted.

That's my uneducated layman guess.

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Crab Dad
Dec 28, 2002

behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB

Mr Enderby posted:



There also appears to be a lot of Scandinavian mitochondrial dna scattered around the world, suggesting that women were voyaging and colonising alongside men, whether or no they fought.

Blonde, fair-skinned, blue-eyed female slaves would have been a curiosity around the world.

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Crab Dad
Dec 28, 2002

behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB


 I'd imagine it would have been very boring and uncomfortable but the occasional raping and pillaging really made up for the rest.
Most dudes probably would have been too busy trying not to starve to death to want to write even if they could.

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Crab Dad
Dec 28, 2002

behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB

lllllllllllllllllll posted:

Last year I shot this thing on a stick in a medieval castle in central Europe. Any guesses?
http://imgur.com/BIO6elt
I suppose it was just used to clear the moat.

Uh... was it metal? Could be some sort of scoop for hotshot or something.

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Crab Dad
Dec 28, 2002

behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB


 "Nice crop you got here.
Would be terrible if you came down with a case of cross bolt poisoning."

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