Tuesday, September 28, 2021

Why Were Medieval Knights Always Fighting Snails?


Brunetto Latini’s Li Livres dou Tresor, c 1315-1325

 No one knows what, exactly, the scenes really mean. The British Library says that the scene could represent the Resurrection, or it could be a stand in for the Lombards, a group vilified in the early middle ages for treasonous behaviour, the sin of usury, and  non-chivalrous comportment in general. 
The valiant snails could be a commentary on social oppression, or it could just be medieval humor.

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