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sakphul@discuss.tchncs.de 1 hour agoTo not offend anyone: please don’t get me wrong.
It is not the goal of the series to give a historical correct impression. But to create a nice and engaging story. Which is totally fine. But historical accuracy is not part of it.
I watched the first episode and have to say: it is not even close to give a proper impression of the medieval (especially early medieval) ages in europe.
- clothing completely wrong
- How villages and cities look like
- How trade is organized
- local law enforcement is completely missing
- how a village and social life was organized and the embedding into the local administration is missing
It is a nice show to watch. But a "… pretty good depiction of the market… "? Definetly no.
I do 13th century living history for museums. The show has more in common with a Hollywood movie then anything with history.