Middle Ages ~ MBTI, Enneagram, and Socionics Personality Type

Middle Ages

Age

function

ennea

variant

socio

psycho

ISFJ 1

6w5 2

6w7 1

sp/so 3

ESI 1

VEFL 1

public myers-briggs votes

(20/03/16 02:08) Thyssen: ENFJ

(20/03/15 18:16) Jacobus: ENFJ

(20/03/15 01:47) LadyX: ISFJ

(20/07/26 12:49) Tman: ESFJ

public function votes

(20/03/14 22:03) Tman: ISFJ

public enneagram votes

(20/07/29 11:48) bibliology: 6w5

(20/03/15 01:47) LadyX: 6w5

(20/03/15 13:08) Tman: 6w7

public instinctual variant votes

(20/07/29 11:48) bibliology: sp/so

(20/03/15 01:47) LadyX: sp/so

(20/03/14 22:01) Tman: sp/so

public tritype® votes

(20/07/26 17:07) Tman: 612

(20/03/15 01:47) LadyX: 613

public sociotype votes

(20/03/14 22:01) Tman: ESI

public psychosophy votes

(20/03/14 22:02) Tman: VEFL

public hexaco votes

Tman INTP 5w4/1w9/4w5 Sx/Sp ILI

re: 8407

Also I don't mean to imply that most people in the middle ages accepted everything they were told, far from it. They accepted some of it, but they were probably more skeptical then we give them credit for. For example, I've heard that in the written ballads of Robin Hood, even though the chief outlaw in question was a devout follower of the Virgin Mary, he still place Bishops in the "okay to rob" category along with lords.

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2020-07-26 05:04:37pm (post #8409)

Tman INTP 5w4/1w9/4w5 Sx/Sp ILI

re: 8407

I'll admit that there has of course, been a good deal of nonsense talked about "the Dark Ages." It's barbarism has been exaggerated. However, it remains true of the Middle Ages what is true of every age, that the rich and powerful attempted to shape and utilize popular belief towards there own ends. A great example of this is the First Crusade. What began as a call for backup from Byzantine eventaly shaped into a power grab and an invitation.

I don't see how superstition about fairies is any different then superstition about throwing salt over your shoulder. There both folk legends, derived from ignorance and tradition. The abstract creativity of these legends might canote N, except you yourself said they didn't make up the legends themselves, they were left over from the past, and were not the creation of the middle ages. I don't mean to imply that all S types are uncreative, or that all N types are creative, but I do feel more comfortable stereotyping an era then a person.

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2020-07-26 04:52:40pm (post #8408)

Jacobus INFJ 4w5 EIE

re: 8406

You only proved my presumption that your vote was based on the old myth propagated by Renaissance and Enlightenment writers that the Middle Ages were a particularly ignorant and backwards time in Western history. Medieval Europe wasn't like Game of Thrones, the ideals were sincere. In truth, it was a Silver Age to our present Iron Age
The superstitions I mentioned were the belief in fairies and other folk creatures which were occasionally blamed for diseases and crop failures. They weren't universal, of course, and the Papacy made attempts to quash them, so they were hardly part of the dominant culture of the time.

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2020-07-26 04:17:59pm (post #8407)

Tman INTP 5w4/1w9/4w5 Sx/Sp ILI

re: 7783

Okay, so I know this is an old post, but I still want to respond to it. First off, "Christian unearthliness" was a scam for all but a small minority. Most people were either poor peasants trying to get by, and those in power just used Christianity in order to gain more earthly power. Second off, superstitions are generally a product of undeveloped Intuition. In MBTI, Intuition is about trying to see the big picture of how things work. Superstition of the folk variety perpetuates through ignorante acceptance of whatever the domainite culture says is true.

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2020-07-26 12:48:44pm (post #8406)

Jacobus INFJ 4w5 EIE

The collective values of Early Medieval Europe vs Late Medieval Europe were obviously different in that that timespan encompasses nearly a millennium. I don't really see why S would be valued over N, given how privileged Christian unearthliness was during this time and how many superstitions and legends remained from pagan times. The peasantry was earthy and the aristocracy occasionally voluptuous, but one could say the same for pretty much any period of human civilization.

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2020-03-15 06:24:24pm (post #7783)

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