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The social role of gossip, and its perception in the middle ages of Europe. (going-medieval.com)

submitted 2 months ago by NaevaTheRat@vegantheoryclub.org to c/history@hexbear.net

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I'm a fan of this historian, and this blog post tickled my brain. Hopefully you find it interesting.

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[–] Robert_Kennedy_Jr@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Do you listen to We're Not So Different? I can't find the post but I'm like 90% sure one of them is on Hexbear and advertised the podcast when they were just getting it off the ground.

[–] NaevaTheRat@vegantheoryclub.org 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Sometimes yes, I find their rambles at the start a bit annoying sometimes haha. Their series on historical materialism was part of how I got sister the eldest comfortable with discussing Marxist ideas.

You might say they gossip a bit much for my taste ;)