Re:Poland was shockingly liberal during the 1400s
by toasterlovin on Friday August 17, 2018 @11:18PM
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You have to be insane to think that a 50% population reduction would have no significant impact on societal arrangements.
Life up until the industrial revolution was dominated by a single factor: the Malthusian limit. The Black Death obliterated that constraint. And, since it reoccurred every 10-15 years, it continued to make the Malthusian limit a non-issue for a long, long time.
Life up until the industrial revolution was dominated by a single factor: the Malthusian limit. The Black Death obliterated that constraint. And, since it reoccurred every 10-15 years, it continued to make the Malthusian limit a non-issue for a long, long time.