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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Matthew_" data-source="post: 5211409" data-attributes="member: 54195">Yes, indeed, and though I have severe reservations about the work of Terry Jones, it certainly is the case that in the last couple of decades the popular perception of medieval society has begun to shift. I can certainly sympathise with that.Exactly so, perhaps the most difficult aspect to come to terms with is that although the events and reality of history are static and done, our understanding of them is always in motion and will always be incomplete. The temptation to say "this is how it was" is always greatest when somebody resuscitates an outdated theory, and I often notice in such exchanges how fragile new ideas can be, and how robust deeply entrenched received wisdom is by contrast.That is a very good scan, and nice to see it at Scribd in a non-downloadable format. Hard to imagine that it was first published almost 100 years ago, but interesting to imagine how it might have helped inform RPG designer in the 70s, 80s and 90s. I know Gygax had a copy of a shorter work by the same author published in 1909 when he was working on the DMG, and that this later volume is cited as a source in the second edition Arms & Equipment Guide.</blockquote>