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Originally Posted by latepaul
I've read about this case from various links to other stories. I have to wonder if this is a "growing gulf" or simply that the existing gulf is coming out into the open.
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It's probably always been there. When people have more options, they tend to no longer find acceptable what they previously had. After the black death, labor became more expensive. This shifted power to the peasants, and led to a great deal of unrest. The tensions were already there, but once the peasants had more leverage, they were less inclined to accept the old relationship they had with the nobility.