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We picture the past as populated entirely by the wealthy, because the wealthy are whose documents and buildings happened to survive.
Drawn from what Eleanor Janega said
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- Eleanor Janega Medieval historian and author
Because of how source survival works, or indeed, how architectural survival works, we are often encouraged to think of the past as a place populated entirely by the wealthy elite.
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↗On contrarian historygoing-medieval.com
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