The Collapse of the Roman Empire, or, Why were medieval people more primitive than the Romans?

J. Draper May 30, 2024
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Apologies for the sound in this one. Still figuring out what I should do with my boom mic when I'm wearing a hat. The final quote is from the 18th-century historian Edward Gibbon in his "History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire". You can support the channel on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/jdraperlondon You can book me for real-life tours! Find out about that here: www.jdraper.co.uk/private-tours You can find me on the clock app here: www.tiktok.com/@jdraperlondon Music credits: Marty Gots A Plan by Kevin McLeod, CC-BY 4.0 Sources and further reading: Cooper, M. L. 2018. Publicmedievalist.com. Just the Good Wife? Death and Legacy of Noblewomen in the Middle Ages. https://publicmedievalist.com/death-good-wife/ Dutchak, P. M. (2008). The Church and Slavery in Anglo-Saxon England. Past Imperfect, 9. https://doi.org/10.21971/P7859X Lacey, R. & Danziger, D. 1999. The Year 1000: What Life Was Like At The Turn Of The First Millennium. Leyser, H. 2005. Medieval Women: Social History Of Women In England 450-1500 Morris, J. 1982. Londinium. Rautanen, S., et al. “Sanitation, Water and Health.” Environment and History, vol. 16, no. 2, 2010, pp. 173–194. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/20723775, quoting Hlavinek, P. “New/ old ways for storm water: learning from the history” Seale, Y. 2018. My Fair Lady? How We Think About Medieval Women. https://www.publicmedievalist.com/my-fair-lady/ Wells, S. 2008. Barbarians To Angels: The Dark Ages Reconsidered. Werner, A. 1998. London Bodies.

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