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The entirety of medieval times is very cool to learn about, but it's about 1,000 years we're talking about here - that's a lot of time! But a specific part of it is arguably the coolest - the Viking era. While the medieval period stretches from the year 476 CE (the fall of the Western Roman Empire) to somewhere during the 15th century (depending on where, and who you ask), Viking times happened only between 793 CE (the infamous raid on the Lindisfarne Monastery in Northumberland, England) and 1066 CE (the Norman Conquest of England by William the Conqueror). It's less than 300 years - much less than people think.
Now, did the Vikings have silly animal manuscripts? Well, they didn't have manuscripts like other cultures, but they most definitely had some silly billy animals. Here's just one meme to demonstrate:
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Now, now, do you think the silly animal art stopped because the medieval period ended? Think again. In Europe, starting in Italy specifically, the medieval period gave way to the Renaissance in the late 1300s, spreading to the rest of the continent during the 15th century. It lasted all the way through the 17th century in some places. And their silly animals didn't stop appearing in manuscripts just because times have been changing. We've brought you a bonus Renaissance silly animal as an example right here.
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And what about even earlier times? Here are two examples, one just before the medieval period in northern Africa, and another stretching back even further to ancient Greece. Ironically, both are owls. Maybe ancient people didn't know that many animals.
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