The Black Death killed feudalism, by killing off so much of the peasant class that it gave the survivors economic bargaining power for the first time in centuries. Labor was in such low supply & high demand that it caused a breakdown of feudal structures & led to the rise of enlightenment thinking.
Useful reminder that some people lie to pollsters or as is rumoured just randomly choose answers without even reading the question so they can get the freebies.
Because 1. it’s a qualified right not an imperative 2. there are different forms & modes of self determination and “Israel” meaning a “Weberian state with power over Palestinians” seems to equal “mass death & perpetual conflict”. If Israelis wanted to be Belgium, great but they don’t.
Oh yeah, I'm sure that's not why people said 'good thing' in the main, I just remember a lot about wages for stonemasons going up massively in the 1350s from my BA!
Because they were a tool of oppression by the aristocratic elites to maintain their stranglehold on power over the peasant class? Not even mentioning ethnic conflicts.
Wales has more castles per square mile than anywhere else in Europe becsuse that’s what it took for the English to subjugate them.
spoil the view don't they? There were nice hills there with trees and grass and unicorns free to gamble on the sunny uplands before they put those big ugly castles there.
Maybe the 9% see the species and eco-system destruction that has occurred at the hands of homo sapiens. This observation could rightfully lead one to conclude that reducing the number of that destructive species as a way of extending the period of time this planet can support life.
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Stupid Americans
(UK) they've resented the 'plebs' ever since.
Wales has more castles per square mile than anywhere else in Europe becsuse that’s what it took for the English to subjugate them.
USA - lack of it.
I'm gonna guess the responders were not connecting that phrase to bubonic plague... 🤷🏻♂️
As for the inquisition... the Emporer protects .
The Vikings were not as portrayed in popular culture and that chanting grates.
Relax.