81. France: The Enemy Part 4, 2nd 100 Years War Part 11

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. This is social history in some depth. We look at the role of preasance among and within social classes. Presance is identified as a major force limiting collective action that could have allowed for more reform before the Revolution. Status issues are always complex, and important, but in the ancien regime it goes to 11. There is also discussion of how the Matthew Principal applies to the peasants, how "it'...