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The true figure is probably more like 60%. Most of the rest were military types ("aristocracy" at various levels), but there were also millers, potters, masons
by tuatoru 4y ago
The true figure is probably more like 60%.
Most of the rest were military types ("aristocracy" at various levels), but there were also millers, potters, masons, wrights (makers), carters, smiths, priests, and so on. (Observe that all of those occupations remain as surnames in use today.)
- ben_w 4y agoI've never heard claims even remotely that low in that era; but even at 50% agriculture and fishing instead of 95%, the world population has grown enough for 10-20 times as much fancy architecture made by hand with half the population idle. And we aren't limited to muscle power and mediocre bricks and mortar these days, which is why we can do fancier architecture than the middle ages ever could.