CNN —So you want to live like you’re from the Middle Ages?
Swarthout is the researcher behind the popular art history-inspired social media account Weird Medieval Guys, which has attracted nearly 700,000 followers on X, formerly Twitter, since she began posting with the handle @WeirdMedieval in April 2022.
Swarthout is not a historian, but a recently graduated statistician who took art history during undergrad.
Württemberg State Library Stuttgart/Courtesy Penguin Random HouseThere’s a reason why Medieval art is particularly, well, weird.
Watch: “Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)The classic satire of Arthurian legend mined the Middle Ages for comedic gold decades before Medieval memes were a thing.
Persons:
it’s, Olivia M, commonfolk, Guy, —, ” Swarthout, Swarthout, ”, Jonah, tradespeople, Andreas, Monty Python, Jack Hartnell
Organizations:
CNN, Dark Times, University of Pennsylvania, Twitter, Stuttgart, Xbox
Locations:
Camelot