Fighting the Snail: How Medieval People Thought

Oct 31, 2025 - 04:00
Fighting the Snail: How Medieval People Thought

Recently, an excellent article by Mr. Robert Keim, a passionate historian of medieval culture, caught my attention. Entitled “The War between Knights and Snails” and published on his Substack channel Via Mediaevalis,[1] the essay was dedicated to one of the mysterious drawings found in illuminated manuscripts—an image depicting a battle between armored knights and… snails. Yes…

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