During the middle ages there were a great many things that were unknown. Literacy and travel was limited and with very few organizations with power, people weren't sure what to believe. In the middle ages a new millennium started and caused people to panic based on the unknown. This happened again 1000 years later in 1999 with the Y2K scare, showing that even though we may be a literate, intelligent, and adaptable, people will always fear the unknown. In the middle ages people began to make up creatures to match their fears. They imagined distant lands with strange creatures like dog men and people with faces on their chests. This showed that the lack of knowledge by the majority of the population, mostly serfs and slaves, caused rumors and stories to spread.
"YouTube - Inside the Medieval Mind-KNOWLEDGE-Pt.1." YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. Web. 14 Apr. 2010. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QcQWhqIQfw>.
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