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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.

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  1. 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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