• cogman@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    I mean, knights weren’t exactly poor people. This knight found a way to make his serfs make him more money.

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      9 months ago

      Yeah, IIRC a knight’s suit of armor and weapons alone were worth more than most people in medieval times would ever earn in their entire lifetime. Knights traveling on horseback were the modern day equivalent of a celebrity rolling around town in a Ferrari