MENU: 5.1. HISTORY & ECONOMY
SHOWS HOW THINGS WORK
So most accounts substitute a straight political narrative or stress ideas or individuals — anything except the underlying economy and the lords it favors.
That omission is usually involuntary. It is so engrained that we do not notice it.
As usual: in Old Regime France an insult among the humble was "your father was a valet." For why they unknowingly reinforced their subordination, please click.
This section shows history
as a schoolbook tells it
and suggests an alternative.
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