There are days that you are called upon to answer the most important questions of the day. The inquiries between a battle won and a battle lost, and there stand empires. And sometimes you wonder: In what year is Netlifx' 'Cursed' supposed to be set? A thread: /1

So, the series 'Cursed' is supposed to be about the rise of king Arthur. According to traditional Arthurian legend, Arthur is supposed to have reigned shortly after the Roman evacuation from Britain (in 409 CE), as he defended against Picts and Saxons that filled the vacuum. /2

However, nothing else in the series points to this being the case. The majority of the non-fae living in Britain are Christians, which only achieved after the 7th century CE. Furthermore, the presence of Vikinger suggest that the series is set after the Lindesfarne sack in 793 /3

What is more, at some point the riders mention a proclamation by the Holy Roman Emperor, putting a bounty on the head of Nimue. While Charlemagne famously first held the title in 800 it fell into disuse after his death and was only restored in 962 when emperor Otto was crowned /4

What are we to make of this? What Holy Roman Emperor is meant? Well, there is only one option. At one point in the series, we can hear a monk pray, and he utters the Procession of the Holy Spirit, and he utters "Patre Filioque procedit". This is a definite giveaway, since... /5

The Filioloque was only added to liturgical practice by pope Benedict VIII in 1014, which would eventually lead to the Great Schism of 1054. So, the series is supposed to take place at least after 1014, but by the way the pope carries himself in the series, we can say that... /6

He clearly stands at the head of his own church, which was only the case after the Great Schism of 1054. Since in the series no mention is made of the Normans, and since the nobility does not seem to speak French, we can also say that the series is most definitely set before.../7

The Norman invasion of 1066. So, final answer, Netflix' 'Cursed' is set somewhere between 1054 and 1066.

Or is it? My bookish friend @AllTheFeelsBlog pointed out to me that there are a lot of bound codices (old timey books) strewn about, and that the kind of binding... /8

Was only used in the modern era. The books are also clearly not hand-written but pressed, although the European printing press was not invented until the 16th century. But that is beyond the scope of this thread. Answer: between 1054 and 1066. Let me hear your opinion! /end