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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 03:28 PM Original message |
Medieval Britons were richer than modern poor people, study finds |
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ananda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. That is such a weird feeling to realize that. |
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SnowCritter (192 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
2. The problem with "per-capita" figures |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 05:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. True... but which side of the example above do you think this applies to? |
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mr_smith007 (75 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 01:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Exactly. |
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burnsei sensei (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
3. I'm not surprised in the least. |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 01:19 AM Response to Original message |
5. Feudalism is a real force in 2010. |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
6. Plague survivors benefited from the mass culling of the population |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 12:56 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Lower populations also impart a higher value to labor. |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
7. When I posted this a couple of days ago in General Discussion |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 01:45 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. And here's the link to that earlier post and thread: |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
10. ...Which should surprise nobody who actually studied Medieval Britain. |
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rayofreason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
11. And they used coconuts shells... |
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