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Middle Ages 3: the High Middle Ages

Historiansplaining: A historian tells you why everything you know is wrong

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The High Mediaeval Society

High mediaeval society is not a utopia, but it's a different sort of society. It's one that where very strong and deeply inculcated norms help to create a strongly consolidated civilization in europe. By 13 hundred a, western europe was starting to become something of a victim of their own successes. Ah, the growth of towns and city is a double edged sword. It has all kinds of advantages and opens up all sorts of new possibilities, but it also started to lead to overcrowding,. The spread of disease in poor sanitary conditions. And you also see an increasing difficulty in feeding this large a town and city population.

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