I remember a while back having a detailed late-night conversation with some friends about how we'd do if we got teleported back to medieval times. It's a really fun thought experiment, and this...
I remember a while back having a detailed late-night conversation with some friends about how we'd do if we got teleported back to medieval times. It's a really fun thought experiment, and this video is a really fascinating dive into a lot of common misconceptions about the era from that lens.
This is something I definitely need because anytime I think about what I'd do if I suddenly got teleported to the past, it's naturally to medieval England. I've always figured I could probably...
This is something I definitely need because anytime I think about what I'd do if I suddenly got teleported to the past, it's naturally to medieval England. I've always figured I could probably invent penicillin.
Ha, for me it’s always* Rome or Greece. Haven’t yet contemplated the language implications of that, though… *Every half-or-so year that this thought comes up :]
naturally to medieval England
Ha, for me it’s always* Rome or Greece. Haven’t yet contemplated the language implications of that, though…
*Every half-or-so year that this thought comes up :]
Realistically the language implications will be there even if you go to medieval England, as even late Middle English would be difficult for a modern English speaker to understand spoken unless...
Realistically the language implications will be there even if you go to medieval England, as even late Middle English would be difficult for a modern English speaker to understand spoken unless they were experienced with Middle English from studying literature from that period (and even for a modern scholar, effective two-way communication would pose considerable difficulty). And if you go earlier in the medieval period, it only gets worse on that front.
There was a book from a couple years ago by Brandon Sanderson called The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England, which acts like it's a book on this topic but is actually a tongue...
There was a book from a couple years ago be by Brandon Sanderson called The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England, which acts like it's a book on this topic but is actually a tongue in cheek soft sci-fi book with elements of fantasy. It's an easy read and I really enjoyed it.
I remember a while back having a detailed late-night conversation with some friends about how we'd do if we got teleported back to medieval times. It's a really fun thought experiment, and this video is a really fascinating dive into a lot of common misconceptions about the era from that lens.
This is something I definitely need because anytime I think about what I'd do if I suddenly got teleported to the past, it's naturally to medieval England. I've always figured I could probably invent penicillin.
Ha, for me it’s always* Rome or Greece. Haven’t yet contemplated the language implications of that, though…
*Every half-or-so year that this thought comes up :]
Realistically the language implications will be there even if you go to medieval England, as even late Middle English would be difficult for a modern English speaker to understand spoken unless they were experienced with Middle English from studying literature from that period (and even for a modern scholar, effective two-way communication would pose considerable difficulty). And if you go earlier in the medieval period, it only gets worse on that front.
If you've got a second hour to kill, the author made another video responding to comments he received on this one.
I can very much recommend watching that one, a lot of interesting ponderings there.
There was a book from a couple years ago
beby Brandon Sanderson called The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England, which acts like it's a book on this topic but is actually a tongue in cheek soft sci-fi book with elements of fantasy. It's an easy read and I really enjoyed it.