• CitizenKong@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Yes, very true. And let’s not forget that child rearing and elder care also had to be provided by the family, which usually all lived under one roof. Public schools are a relatively recent development too, during the Middle Ages schools only provided education in Latin for people to become clergy (hence the term grammar school.

    The notion that we have it worse than Medieval peasants is absolutely ridiculous.