29 Medieval Memes Straight Out of 1300 AD

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Emmy Pratt • Senior Editor
Mar 15, 2025 3:00 PM EDT

I have seen many posts online earnestly romanticizing living in the medieval era. If you think I'm kidding, take one scroll through traditional bro Twitter, and you'll be unpleasantly surprised. These trad accounts bemoan modern existence, claiming that we don't fight for anything important. If we were born in the medieval era, we would get to be knights in shining armor, fighting for honor, glory, and beautiful maidens stashed away in a tower! If this sounds like an incredibly childish perspective that doesn't even begin to scratch the surface of what medieval life was like, you would be correct. I'm not even one of those people who tout the myth that medieval life was utterly miserable in every way. Even still, it's so silly to believe in earnest that you, the most special boy in the world, would be important enough in medieval society to be a valiant knight. 

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  • If you can engage with our mythical and warped perception of the medieval era through a comedic lens, these medieval memes might not be for you. They are for the guys who want to be knights dying in battle for a King and a nation, but in a purely ironic way.

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    bramstokersdracula Follow maidens if you are going to flee dramatically from my castle in the middle of the night once i reveal my true nature to you please leave your candelabra on the little ledge by the portcullis we are running out of them bramstokersdracula Follow starting to think these maidens are stumbling in soaked through from the rain just to steal my beautiful gowns and homewear are any of you actually lost 32.8k notes D
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    Paladin in a Can Do you need to open up a can of whoop a on someone or something? Is there an intrinsic. need for a smite down? But you can't take your paladin anywhere. All that banging and clanking giving your enemies time to prepare. Well don't you worry, we have the solution. Campbells CONDENSED Just have your paladin touch the can, where they enter a kind of green. room. You sneak the can past the sentries into the boss room and at just Paladin SOUP made with mematic right moment toss the c
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    What it feels like to fall asleep in your jeans
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    ME:"I'M THINKING I WANT TO RUN A PALADIN THIS SESSION ANOTHER PLAYER ROLLS UP A NECROMANCER
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  • 05
    What fashion companies try to sell to women What women actually want
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    Cosmonaut Marcus tIf you get married make sure your spouse is a different class than you. For instance, if you do a lot of magic damage then consider marrying a tank, or someone with a lot of HP/ armor. This will make your bond stronger and more viable in the current meta. 9/23/18, 1:48 PM
    via @CinnamonGhoul
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    No it's not a broomstick... + But it still sweeps the floor with your enemies. A terrifying weapon of modern ingenuity. This finely crafted hand canon delivers devastating power. Keep it clean, keep it dry and pray it doesn't explode in your hands. *Craftsman waives all responsibility for user injuries.
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    prokopetz A female dragonborn paladin with the noble background is the ultimate switch: she can be the knight, the princess or the dragon, as circumstances require. grazztthedark I'm imagining a scenario where, through a series of misunderstandings, she's hired to rescue herself from herself.
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    Colby Gordon @badinfinity2 Happy birthday Joan of Arc, you would have loved testosterone
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    Sam Sykes → @SamSykesSwears the paladin swears to you that he has never punched anyone in the junk save when his god commanded it as absolutely, desperately necessary you have noticed that his shield reads THE JUNKPUNCHER and his coat of arms is two gauntlets speedbagging a sack • 11:34 PM 20 Dec 19 Twitter Web App
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    Sentient Smart Fridge @GloamHallow Yo. THATS the liege you swore your vassalage to?? Ok lol. Lmao. 11:12 AM - 9/6/22 Twitter for iPhone
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    7:00 Vo) 4G 91% LTE ↓↑ So I'm here at the Battle of Pavia reenactment in Italy and a thought occurred to me. As a Scadian/ HEMA celebrity who can bench 225 and born in America obviously I grew up with a different diet then Europeans and so I am stronger. Things like meat and milk which would be rarer in Europe that give Americans stronger bones and muscles. What techniques do Americans have for safe sparring with Europeans so we don't hurt them? ||| * reddit
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    My girlfriend called me immature so I banned her from my cardboard box fort FOOTE SCE/COTE jerator Refrigerator Refrigerator érateur Henrateur Réfrigérateur
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    Therapist: Medieval Yoda isn't real, he can't hurt you. Medieval Yoda:
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    lawlessmcgee 1d I wash dishes by candlelight, listening to Medieval tavern music, and pretend I'm a tavern wench.
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    wagsandswishes Follow maids are soooo uppity nowadays i ask her for 100 grapes and she starts with this backtalk about "but your highness last time you ate so many grapes at once you got a tummy ache" as if she knows better than me??? when im literally a princess wagsandswishes um maid. could you come urgently. i need my tummy rubbed. a tummy ache again, yes. from the grapes, yes. #barking 8,069 notes 3
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    NOT SAD The Frog Mage *FROLICS MENACINGLY*
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    foone Follow A Song Of Mice And Fire foone What the f is redwall ...
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    the medieval royalty urge to always have entertainment while eating
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    "i hope my sleep tonight is restful and in no way freaky" my sleep paralysis demon who's really into toes: دعا خابر
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    Armorer: So let me get this straight. You want your emblems to include a fish, a squirrel, and a fox? Knight: You forgot the rotisserie chicken. no ty appaire Figo 2" Sej aug provide tiros huf pene to Rrezikutoizs Rezir Guda erapine Gula hup Gufa pline cus an illen Audo ndio appehty & Ins &efur Guld quis aan@medievalistmatt
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    I meet a girl We start She leaves 1 She realizes I'm Alexander The Great talkin
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    Study medieval art! We've got: basket of people funny faces demonic barber baby with six-pack hot yoga
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    When you got to go to war but your mom tells you to take your brother too
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    Allie @Cluffalo "Okay but if you had to guess, roughly when do you think you'll be home from battle" 9:03 PM 12/3/24 912K Views . 193 17 2K 39K ☐ 2.4K ↑
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    when you bust to something so sinister you hit one of these
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    Anna Biller @missannabiller Colors in medieval paintings depicting knights vs. colors in modern movies depicting knights
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    Good morning, good knight. Lu Dee Blimey! That was a quick day! The Dark Ages.
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    On a scale of Renaissance child how are you feeling today? 1 2 3 4 5 LO 60 7 8 9 @medievastmatt
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