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#ScribesAndMakers 8/22: "Fantasy stories are frequently inspired by medieval societies. Why do you think people are fascinated by that time period?"

You do realize that asking someone with a background in medieval studies that question is a dangerous thing, don't you?

While other posters have already pointed out the literary traditions modern fantasy literature is rooted in, I think I'll go for a different approach and say that the Middle Ages are just about the earliest time period we ... 1/?
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Maike Claußnitzer · 6w
... are tied to by more or less unbroken continuities in very many everyday aspects. This is true of certain religious and social institutions (for example, all over Europe, there are churches that have been in use continuously for the last 800 years or so, and you have town halls that aren't much y...