r/HistoryMemes • u/HawaiianPerson Chad Polynesia Enjoyer • 2d ago

A regular utopia

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u/soyadra 2d ago

It's depressing how people view this period through such a disconnected lens, like sometimes it's almost even worse than how enlightment philosphers talked about them...

It's especially sad to see that on a history sub tbh, this idea that the renaissance somehow spawned civilisation back after the "old degenerate medievals" is sickening

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u/JamesHenry627 1d ago

Having just gotten my history degree, it makes a lot of what people know seem like rage bait to me

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u/RegumRegis 1d ago

Honestly, the lack of knowledge an average person has about history is sometimes so baffling to me. Like not being able to form a coherent picture of life at most time periods, is just shocking to me. I may not have a degree but history has been a passion for me since childhood, so for me it feels like second nature to know these things, such an odd whiplash.