But yeah, the big social and legal divide was not between noble and commoner (that was a much fuzzier line) but between freemen and serfs. As the wiki page says, those lines in Magna Carta about "no freeman shall be imprisoned...without trial" etc that have become cornerstones of anglophone conceptions of liberty excluded the majority of the population.
One of the reasons towns attracted so much immigration from the countryside was that after a certain period dwelling there, status as a freeman was earned.
Angel Morales
Well in the Netherlands you could start living in some unclaimed swamp (or in the forested wilderness if you lived in the inland parts) with some bro's and after a couple of years have a comfy-freeborn life.
Caleb Fisher
It also seems to be a mark of germanic influence to me. This divide was predominately seen in Scandinavian countries, former empire of Charlemagne, and lands conquered by the Normans.
Hudson Edwards
>banned from entering said clergy by the sole fact of not having penis You make it sound as if a woman WITH a penis would be able to enter this clergy. Maybe it was possible, the priests would like it, I guess.
Christopher Richardson
I've heard that one of the reasons behind the popularity of Christianity among Roman women was because it binded woman and husband together for life instead of the husband being able to cast her aside, if he want it. Is that truth?
John Ortiz
Christianity was popular with slaves and women because it gave them more freedom and prospects for a better life.
Except when all of them got fed to the lions offcourse.
Julian Ramirez
ur a faget
John Morales
I couldn't say if that is specifically true or not but it would make sense.
Christianity placed a great deal of emphasis on entering into marriage of ones own free will but once married divorce was tricky to say the least (anullments were easier but require specific circumstances and still don't come cheap).
Pre-Christian Rome was not a very female-friendly society and marriage was no exception. Wives could be divorced with ease, and especially among the patrician class you can see marriages being made to cement alliances then broken the moment those links became inconvienient or a better offer appeared.
It was actually considered a major scandal when Pompey fell in love with Caesar's daughter Julia rather than simply treating her as a totem of the alliance.
It might not be the number one attraction of conversion, but the offer of stability and security in marriages for life cannot have hurt the appeal to women.
Michael Howard
Also jews were even forbidden to lend money to other jews, but it was allowed by their religion to lend to non-jews, because jews consider(ed) non-jews to be no better than common beasts.
Cooper Hall
Veeky Forums needs to learn history. Studded leather armor existed. What didn't exist was the idea that the studs reinforced the armor, as D&D puts it.
greatmingmilitary.blogspot.com.br/2014/11/leather-armour-of-ming-dynasty.html > Armour used by the militia-sailors from Yue region (粤, modern day Guangdong and Guangxi province, especially Guangxi). This armour is made of cowhide, cut into multiple bands and treated with tung oil, then joined together with studs (turning it into a studded leather armour). Its spaudlers can be further reinforced with cow horn plates.
>Yue Bing Kui Jia was considered the best among leather armours.
