World's Worst Century
Sep. 28th, 2004 09:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
inulroI watched the first installment on video this evening.
It wasn't half as bad as I expected it to be. Yes, too Euro-centric, too much with the generalisations & not enough background explanation (such is TV history), but despite the title, the programme made it clear that for many who survived the Black Death, life got better, and also presented the opinion that the Renaissance & other good things in the modern world (such as the idea that one didn't have to stay in the place & station to which they were born) came out of the aftermath.
Comments?
It wasn't half as bad as I expected it to be. Yes, too Euro-centric, too much with the generalisations & not enough background explanation (such is TV history), but despite the title, the programme made it clear that for many who survived the Black Death, life got better, and also presented the opinion that the Renaissance & other good things in the modern world (such as the idea that one didn't have to stay in the place & station to which they were born) came out of the aftermath.
Comments?
