Medievalist Professor Solutions Medieval Questions From Twitter: Why Is It known as the “Center” Ages?, What Did Medieval English Sound Like?, and Extra

From Wired comes this: “Professional­fes­sor of Eng­lish and Medieval Lit­er­a­ture Dr. Dorsey Arm­sturdy solutions your ques­tions in regards to the Mid­dle Ages from Twit­ter. Why is it known as the “Mid­dle” Ages? [What did medieval Eng­lish sound like?] What activ­i­ties did peo­ple do for enjoyable? Why had been ani­mals tried in courtroom for crimes? Solutions to those ques­tions and lots of extra await—it’s Medieval Sup­port.”

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