Greed was different in the Middle Ages.

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2. Great article

Thanks for posting it, white-wolf.

I think, what it shows more than anything how much they appreciated the idea that up and down the social ladder, they all depended upon each other for survival. The peasant couldn't survive without land for subsistence farming and protection from the local Lord. The Lord in turn, couldn't survive without peasants to work the estate and provide services in the towns that sprang up around the estate.

We have gotten away from that idea of appreciating that everyone has a part to play in our lives.