About to Get Medieval--Wouldn't Be as Bad as You Thought

Edward Feser in a recent blog post lists a number of books and online articles that aim to dispel much of the popular myths about the Middle Ages' terribleness. Preceding the list of resources, Feser quips:

During the Middle Ages, the Church was a cesspool of corruption, people wore chastity belts and thought the earth was flat, and humorless Scholastics debated how many angels could dance on the head of a pin while burning witches by the bushel. Right? Well no, of course not. Given the ridiculous urban legends about the period that permeate high school history lectures and pop science books, you could probably get a less misleading picture of what medieval times were really like by watching The Cable Guy.