11 'Facts' From Medieval History That Are Just Plain Wrong
by Beth Skwarecki from Lifehacker on (#65VF8)
What was life like in the Middle Ages? If you believe what you've seen in movies-or maybe even what your history teacher told you-you might expect that people died young, never bathed, were ignorant of anything going on outside their community, and stood a decent chance of being tortured in a castle dungeon if they...