University professor is also a medievalist meme master

[boingboing]

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2024/05/26/university-professor-is-also-a-medievalist-meme-master.html

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[gracchus]

Now there’s a truly funny and clever medievalist, not the kind I’d ignore.

[anon94804983]

[Amstrad]

A reminder these memes are powered by the fact this exists: Historic Tale Construction Kit - Bayeux (though that’s the tribute not the original)

[anon84099695]

[simonize]

I’ll just leave this here:

Pumped Up Kicks (Bardcore | Medieval Style with Vocals - Original by Cornelius Link)

[anon94804983]

Yes! and IIRC, th’ orig was created by someone in the medieval history dept at a Danish university.

[Fred_Cairns]

To be fair, “A knight’s Tale” is obviously anachronistic, from the very first scene, where the spectators of a joust are chanting Queen’s “We will, we will ROCK YOU.”

[Doctor_Faustus]

At the risk of overexplaining the joke, that’s kinda the joke. Subverting expectations and all that. We expect him to point out the clear anachronisms rather than the ridiculous points he makes

[Fred_Cairns]

Oh, it’s all a joke? I see. Ha ha. [goes to sit in a darkened room]

[Doctor_Faustus]

Jokes all the way down. A Knight’s Tale is the kind of historical movie I can actually enjoy, because it doesn’t even try to be historically accurate.

[hecep]