saintsinnerx: This so much. You’d think as a history nerd I’d share this sentiment, but I think I know enough about the downsides of my favourite historical periods (sexism, poverty, classism, incompetent doctors, maternal and infant mortality rates, average life expectancy of 35, illiteracy, and so on) that I struggle to romanticize it. Would I enjoy visiting Tudor England for a little while? Hell yes. Live in the era? No. There’s a higher chance that I’d not have been born as one of the elite, who (unless the OP is referring to the exciting nature of 16th century farming techniques) where the only ones who really got to experience the unique and awesome bits of the period anyway.

saintsinnerx:

This so much.

You’d think as a history nerd I’d share this sentiment, but I think I know enough about the downsides of my favourite historical periods (sexism, poverty, classism, incompetent doctors, maternal and infant mortality rates, average life expectancy of 35, illiteracy, and so on) that I struggle to romanticize it. Would I enjoy visiting Tudor England for a little while? Hell yes. Live in the era? No. There’s a higher chance that I’d not have been born as one of the elite, who (unless the OP is referring to the exciting nature of 16th century farming techniques) where the only ones who really got to experience the unique and awesome bits of the period anyway.

(Source: tudorsconfessions, via saintsinnerx-deactivated2013031)

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