SC - > So long as we are making assumptions on what the poorest folk
Jenne Heise
jenne at mail.browser.net
Mon Oct 30 09:06:51 PST 2000
> Did the peasants buy spices in large quantities?
> Doubtful. Did they purchase a precious pinch of
> pepper from time to time? Perhaps. Why is there so
> much more literature and documentation regarding the
> nobility than the peasantry? The answer may be as
> simple as "the peasants were boring". Why write about
> the peasantry, when there is so much gossip and
> scandal going on in the noble houses?
Comment: the practical reason why we have less info on what peasants
bought compared to other classes is simply that a good deal of what we
know about what people bought and owned is from inventories, account
books, and legal documents that have survived.
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Jadwiga Zajaczkowa, mka Jennifer Heise jenne at tulgey.browser.net
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