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Why do people still believe, that knights were stupid and sluggish
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Why do people still believe, that knights were stupid and sluggish fighters that swung around 20 lbs of steel?
where did this ridiculous meme come from?
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>>1320249
wee-a-boos
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>>1320249

It mostly seems to come from 18th and 19th century pseudohistorians, trying to portray themselves as much more enlightened and intelligent than those brutish middle age people.
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>>1320249
>does your pommel even half sword
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>>1320249
from the high speed low drag samurai lovers
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>>1320251
It actually came from Europeans.

historians of fencing in particular portrayed modern fencing (circa 1800's) as the epitome of skill and refinement, far superior to anything that came before.
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Because they were stupid and sluggish fighters when compared to samurai which according to experts from Deadliest Warrior were the best warriors in history.
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>>1320370
>19th Century Europe.
As with almost every historical myth.
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It started out in the 19th Century, was propagated by orientalists in the 20th century, and continues nowadays because of weeaboos.
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