{"id":27932,"date":"2016-11-13T17:36:13","date_gmt":"2016-11-14T01:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=27932"},"modified":"2016-11-13T17:36:13","modified_gmt":"2016-11-14T01:36:13","slug":"25-reasons-youll-glad-dont-live-medieval-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=27932","title":{"rendered":"25 Reasons You\u2019ll Be Glad You Don\u2019t Live In Medieval Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y0E62fiv6mk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Many contemporary historians and schoolbooks portray the Middle Ages as a time of poverty, backwardness, and religious arbitrariness, from which the people were freed only by the Renaissance and later the Industrial Revolution. 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