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Maike Claußnitzer · 5w
#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 backgrou...
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... 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 younger in their origins, still used for their original purpose, too), but also of rather mundane things like the naming system we use with its combination of first name and last name - it has ... 2/?
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Maike Claußnitzer · 5w
... medieval roots, and in some cases, the same names that would have worked in medieval times still seem unsurprising today (a fellow named "John Miller" is still not particularly noteworthy today, while, for comparison, we would propbably be a bit surprised if someone introduced himself to us as "...