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Thread #136859 Message #3127840
Posted By: Penny S.
03-Apr-11 - 04:57 PM
Thread Name: BS: Norman yokes
Subject: RE: BS: Norman yokes
Here's the article.
The Darcy effect
It's more complex than the radio suggested. Lowly Smiths had achieved entry to Oxford in proportions the same as in the population as a whole by the 15th century, and in that proportion in the top 1% of wealth by the 17th. And the Normans had declined in numbers at some stages.
I thought the buffets were what he would get from the maces.
Penny