Gone Medieval
How to Survive the 14th Century
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Overview
Helen Carr and Matt Lewis dissect 14th-century upheaval, exploring resilience amid plague, revolt, and flawed kingship to reveal how crises shaped modern Britain.
Takeaways
  • Helen Carr examines Edward II, Edward III, and Richard II, highlighting how personal backgrounds, trauma, and power dynamics influenced leadership and destabilized traditional authority structures.
  • Bias and limitation of chronicled sources challenge historians, who must creatively combine chronicles, court records, and overlooked petitions, including women's voices, to reconstruct a fuller history.
  • Landmark events—Peasants’ Revolt, the Black Death, civil wars—engendered deep suffering but also propelled social transformation and agency, reframing tragedy into an age of opportunity.
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