One more thing (sorry). The Black Death was almost certainly responsible for the resurrection of the yeoman class, which ain't the same thing as the working class at all. It is, however, a more interesting study in how England got to be England. I could stretch a point and claim that it's what focus groups regard as "Middle England" these days. Middle England is violent, ignorant, and terrified of "the other."
Not a problem with mass emigration in the last three centuries.
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Re: Tewkesbury? Drown the bastards!
Date: 2007-07-25 09:43 pm (UTC)Not a problem with mass emigration in the last three centuries.
Possibly mildly disturbing now.