![]() The noble lifestyle had always involved a lot of expensive pomp and circumstance and as incomes rose so did lavishness. They had a lot of money and a lot of children. Meanwhile, the nobility was also prospering. And that’s very important to remember for next week! And in many cases the tradition of paying cash to the local lord instead of giving free labor as the feudal system of earlier years prescribed had become ingrained. They could go into trades or become freeman farmers. ![]() Economic prosperity meant that there was a lot of upward mobility amongst the lower classes. ![]() As the 14th century dawned life was as good for the common man as it had been in hundreds of years. Let’s talk about peasants again, shall we? Anyone who has been reading my Medieval Monday posts knows that I am an advocate for the peasantry. But some of the things that made life so good going into the 14th century were what eventually brought on its downfall. The 12th and 13th centuries in Europe were fantastic places to be. I talked about the Black Death in last week’s Medieval Monday post, but that was just a drop in the bucket of the crappiness of the 14th century.Īctually, things weren’t that bad at the dawn of the century. If anyone ever gives you a chance to go back in time to any time period anywhere, do not, I repeat DO NOT go back to 14th century Europe! Europe in the 14th century was a total disaster.
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