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"The nobles lived in seclusion in their fortified castle"
Can you imagine a nobleman without his castle? Well yes.
The generalization of stone castles is also dated to the 12th century, more than 700 years after the beginning of the Middle Ages.
The nobles lived in "houses", built flat and not in height. Dungeons, for example, don't appear until the 12th century.
The concept of "nobility" is moreover questioned by historians who prefer the term "aristocracy" to designate the social group of the dominant.
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"The barbarians invaded Europe"
"Barbarian" peoples, in the sense that they were not Roman, did invest Western Europe in the 5th century.
Visigoths, Ostrogoths, Vandals, and other Alans gradually settled in, but not in the brutal ways often described.
We should rather speak of "great migrations" than of "invasions".
These took place gradually from the second and third centuries:
"These are not sudden, massive landings, but long migratory movements of diverse groups."
With episodes of violence and looting, of course, but often with the agreement of the Romans, who found it increasingly difficult to hold their borders.
"So it's almost a chosen immigration!"
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You may have already had heard that the Middle Ages was an age without cities.
Recent archaeological findings show the opposite.
Even if the majority of the inhabitants live in rural areas, the urban poles are maintained between the 4th and the 11th centuries.
There are many agglomerations during the first Middle Ages.
These are characterized "by a denser population and with more varied functions than in agricultural land.
Notably, there were no streets yet.
The habitat, often built of wood and mud, was regularly rearranged as needed.
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The tradition of toasting dates back to the Middle Ages.
Indeed, in times of feudal wars, we toasted to make sure we poured liquid from our drink into another's glass.
We were therefore sure that if the person tried to poison us, he would be too.
All the more so if the person in front of you didn't drink after drinking a toast, neither did you.
The same goes for the handshake ...
Back then we grabbed the other person's forearm to make sure they weren't hiding a dagger with which they could kill us.
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Indians weren't always beaten by cavalry
It is a classic of westerns: the attack of hundreds of Indians against United States soldiers.
A somewhat epic take on history, as the Amerindians, less armed and often fewer in number, preferred guerrilla warfare to pitched battles.
Thus, the Sioux lakotas multiplied the skirmishes against the Whites when the cohabitation treaties were not respected.
Overwhelmed by the scale of the attacks, Northerner General Sheridan had to leave their territory in 1868.
But intrusions into the sacred Lakota Mountains resumed in 1874 following the discovery of gold.
The authorities attempted to buy these lands from the Indians, who refused.
On June 25, 1876, Custer's 7th Cavalry Regiment faced the Lakota, allied with the Cheyennes, at the Battle of Little Bighorn; Custer and 263 soldiers perished there.
This Indian victory remains a pride for the community and has inspired many books and films, including The Fantastic Charge (1941).
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