Message from @Fitzydog
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i was listening to podcast that said how medieval peasants being malnourished in childhood affected them psychosocially so that they acted less independent in later life
because of this, nobility thought of peasants as a different race
because they were factually psychologically different
and behaved in a way that was more dependent on others
just thought it was interesting
Seems interesting
But this ignores the social, religious and philosophical norms of the Era
That and environmental. Especially in the dark ages, but also standard middle ages. It was a fight for survival, so if someone promised protection that was one less thing the peasantry had to deal with.
well the era was 10th century ad
@Goblin_Slayer_Floki malnourishment is environment, no?
10th century wasn't all that known for its philosophy, mostly just being right at the end of the 'dark ages' for europe
beginning of feudalism basically
10th century was the best time to be alive
you had freedom
and clean air
and eight dead children by the time you reached middle age at 14
that is a small price to pay
for freedom
@desert hamster tenth century sucked, it was the beginning of feudalism, so feudalism was pretty bad - there was often too many obligations that the peasants paid their lord
Lol
it only adjusted to leniency later - people were poorer because there was less trade from towns, towns hadn't growth to the size they would by 1300
I think people overestimate the suck of feudalism
Or attribute externalities to the political system
working for free doesn't suck?
They didn't work for free. They had all sorts of checks and balances to prevent abuse of the peasantry.
There's accounts of lords being 'sued' in a sense in the HRE
It's much more nuanced than you're led to believe
yeah there was less checks and balances in the 10th century id say
because that was the beginning of when kings grew powerful
Sure, but you got to eat, and you were defended from danger
before then, there wasn't even inheritance for monarchs - it wasn't assured, unless it was some big dynasty like carolingians
also slavery existed in huge numbers
and there were ay-rabs at dem borders
Yes, but not hereditary like in the US
what do you mean by that
Slavery in America? Blacks were slaves by default
Children of slaves were also slaves
no inheritance
?
Of what?