Quote of the day!

[highlyeccentric]

Though men of the eleventh century did, in fact, display their emotions much more openly than we do, there is no reason to suppose that they made a practice of fainting away in chorus.
-D.L. Sayers, introduction to "the Song of Roland" trans. D.L. Sayers

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[rayneshadow.livejournal.com]

Haha, that's a great quote!
I remember reading The Song of Roland (in Middle English).
There's no reason to suppose men regularly did just about *anything* in that story. I love how everyone is always cleaving things in two. Forget your regular stab or thrust, everything is always cloven in twain. Armor, helmet, head, horse? no problem, you'll have two in a moment.