Professor of English and Medieval Literature Dr. Dorsey Armstrong answers your questions about the Middle Ages from Twitter. Why is it called the "Middle" Ages? What activities did people do for fun? Why were animals tried in court for crimes? Answers to these questions and many more await—it's Medieval Support.

Director: Lisandro Perez-Rey
Director of Photography: Constantine Economides
Editor: Alex Mechanik
Expert: Dr. Dorsey Armstrong
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Paul Gulyas; Brandon White
Production Manager: Peter Brunette
Casting Producer: Nicholas Sawyer
Camera Operator: Christopher Eustache
Sound Mixer: Sean Paulsen
Production Assistant: Kelsey Barnhart
Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen
Assistant Editor: Andy Morell

00:00 Medieval Support
00:11 Medieval English
00:57 Middle Ages
01:40 Red Wedding
03:19 Sleep Cycles
04:34 Torture Devices
05:15 Medieval Castle
06:17 Motes
06:50 Hygiene
07:26 Black Death
08:19 Infant Mortality
09:37 Animal Depictions
10:27 For Fun
11:04 Court Jesters
11:57 Jousting
12:47 Animal Crime
14:02 King Arthur
15:11 Sword Naming
15:41 Vikings
16:56 Medieval Women
18:13 Holy Grail
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