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MY LORD! A GLORIOUS VICTORY WILL SOON BE YOUR'S! (europe.pub)
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[–] CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Maybe because in times of relative peace, there is more time to focus on literature. Do you end up with more surviving tales of people living in these times. During wars, the would be authors would instead by fodder.

[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

No, that's not it. We have tons of material, especially picture sources, about medieval warfare. Pop culture just choses to ignore it.

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

The romantization of sword-wielding knights started in early modern times, at the latest. Knowing about something and focusing on something in popular culture are two different things.