Why Did Medieval Books Have Pictures of Knights Fighting Giant Snails?

If you have ever gone through medieval books, you may have seen a picture or two of knights battling with giant snails. But what did it mean? Were snails really that big back then? Was this an exaggeration of something? Or is it symbolic? The drawings of the battles between snails and knights are seen […]

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