SC - > So long as we are making assumptions on what the poorest folk

[Jenne Heise]

> 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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