Talk:Medieval life
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Having just seen the article History of British society, they took a much different approach to a "society" type article then the structure I set up for Medieval life -- in truth Medieval society and Medieval life could be seperate articles (right now society points to life)... --Stbalbach 22:48, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
- How is this article actually delimited? It seems to me as if it's ripe for merger or redirection. The fact that it's been around since October 2003 and has changed very little since then is a good sign that it's not going anywhere. Can someone come up with a good reason to not just redirect it to move it to medieval society or just redirect it to Middle Ages?
- Peter Isotalo 22:41, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
"Medieval life" (or society) is a valid article topic that covers things not available elsewhere, at a high level, I regularly add things to this article. I agree it needs a lot of work (it's a big topic), but as far as it "not going anywhere" - well, Wikipedia is not going anywhere either. Most articles on Wikipedia are "not going anywhere", then one day someone shows up and they go, there is no time limit. Medieval society is a redirect to this article. -- Stbalbach 03:24, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
- The problem is that the article seems to want to include "all things medieval" in its scope, which raises the question of why it's not simply a redirect to Middle Ages. I suspect that the idea is to reflect more of the nitty-gritty of everyday existence, but considering the rather impressionistic scope of such a concept, it seems rather hopeless to put a reasonable limit on content, or indeed, how to start writing about it. And I don't see why social history couldn't be described in Middle Ages in the first place. Does the main article really have be nothing but kings, popes, saints and wars?
- Peter Isotalo 10:29, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
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- "all things medieval" .. Not at all. We have other articles for Medieval art, Medieval horses, etc.. the medieval world was as diverse as the modern world is. This article is about the daily aspects of life, how it is seen for the average person, it's an established sub-field of study. You will find encyclopedia articles on medieval life in the Dictionary of the Middle Ages as well as many books on the topic. -- Stbalbach 21:14, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
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- I'm quite aware of the concept of social history. I've been working on a major article on an aspect of it for over six months now. But I'm also aware that calling it "life" isn't really appropriate in an encyclopedia. "Life" is just too general even if you try to justify it in the lead, so please try to come up with a better title.
- Peter Isotalo 21:19, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
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