r/MedievalHistoryMemes

Seriously, anyone who thinks medieval chivalric romance doesn’t capture some of the visceral reality of medieval warfare should read more chivalric romance.

Obviously it’s a limited medium, and no amount of literature is a substitute for the real thing, but the idea that medieval poets didn’t know what they are talking about becomes pretty silly when you read their work and see how often they go out of their way to lavish detail on the brutality of combat. Especially when you consider that many of them were knights and soldiers themselves.