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Re:Umberto Eco has died by huxley on Saturday February 20, 2016 @11:24AM (#11140684)
Anachronistic quotations happened quite often in ancient and medieval writing, so Eco was just having a bit of fun.

I agree that the Name of the Rose is not an historic work (incidentally so did Eco), but plenty of medievalists think that it is good enough to be a useful teaching tool:

http://www.syracuseuniversitypress.syr.edu/fall-2009/postscr...

Re:Umberto Eco has died by wobbleblob on Saturday February 20, 2016 @03:48PM (#11141878)
Do you know how medievalists view the Accursed Kings series of Maurice Druon?