That is a Medieval way of drawing history in which they do not respect the law and want the rest of the world to respect the law. That's not possible.
The American legal industry is a medieval guild in which the prosecutors bar and bench join hands to ensure that legal invoices are paid no matter how excessive.
Medieval learning was really advanced.
The medieval university looked backwards it professed to be a storehouse of old knowledge. The modern university looks forward and is a factory of new knowledge.
No student of Chinese history can say that the Chinese are incapable of religious experience even when judged by the standards of medieval Europe or pious India.
Every article on these islands has an almost personal character which gives this simple life where all art is unknown something of the artistic beauty of medieval life.
Bologna is the best city in Italy for food and has the least number of tourists. With its medieval beauty it has it all.
In the first book of my Discworld series published more than 26 years ago I introduced Death as a character there was nothing particularly new about this - death has featured in art and literature since medieval times and for centuries we have had a fascination with the Grim Reaper.
So nevertheless what I'm saying is that what one is - one's parameters are constantly narrowed by one's success and my desire is to widen my field even if I risk failure.