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The nobility were involved in military campaigns. The wealthy always being completely insulated from danger in war is a modern thing. When we talk about our his

The nobility were involved in military campaigns. The wealthy always being completely insulated from danger in war is a modern thing. When we talk about our historical sources being limited, it's because they focused on things like battles and military strategy, precisely because it is interesting to the wealthy people who support historians. The things we don't know about are irrelevancies (to wealthy people), like almost any normal aspect of a common persons normal life. Really the only way you can find out how normal people lived and spoke is through records of trials. edit: I mean, when to start firing is not a decision that the archers are going to get to make on their own. It's not folk wisdom.

Jensson 2y ago
> edit: I mean, when to start firing is not a decision that the archers are going to get to make on their own. Why not?
philwelch 2y ago
> The wealthy always being completely insulated from danger in war is a modern thing. It’s not even true for all (or probably even most) of modern times. For instance the upper classes of Britain in WWI suffered much higher casualties than the lower classes.
- t-3 2y ago
  I don't think WWI can be firmly called "modern times" with regards to warfare. It was a notable event in the transition to modern, but the cavalry charges against machine guns and such are reason enough to exclude it.
  - philwelch 2y ago
    The modern period of history is widely considered to have begun in or around the 15th century. A common epochal event is the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks in 1453.
    - t-3 2y ago
      Any definition which lumps drones and airplanes together with swords and muskets is not useful, in my opinion. The last ~100 years are totally different from what came before.
      - IAmBroom 2y ago
        Then use a more descriptive term than "modern". Pretty soon it will mean "pre-drone".
        BlueTemplar 1y ago
        Post-WW1 = post-modern (Too early to tell just how disruptive drones will be or even what is exactly a drone.)
matkoniecz 2y ago
> The wealthy always being completely insulated from danger in war is a modern thing even in modern wars it is far from true (if your country is getting overrun by enemy being rich is not enough to completely insulate you)

Jensson 2y ago

> edit: I mean, when to start firing is not a decision that the archers are going to get to make on their own. Why not?

philwelch 2y ago

> The wealthy always being completely insulated from danger in war is a modern thing. It’s not even true for all (or probably even most) of modern times. For instance the upper classes of Britain in WWI suffered much higher casualties than the lower classes.

t-3 2y ago
I don't think WWI can be firmly called "modern times" with regards to warfare. It was a notable event in the transition to modern, but the cavalry charges against machine guns and such are reason enough to exclude it.
- philwelch 2y ago
  The modern period of history is widely considered to have begun in or around the 15th century. A common epochal event is the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks in 1453.
  - t-3 2y ago
    Any definition which lumps drones and airplanes together with swords and muskets is not useful, in my opinion. The last ~100 years are totally different from what came before.
    - IAmBroom 2y ago
      Then use a more descriptive term than "modern". Pretty soon it will mean "pre-drone".
      - BlueTemplar 1y ago
        Post-WW1 = post-modern (Too early to tell just how disruptive drones will be or even what is exactly a drone.)

matkoniecz 2y ago

> The wealthy always being completely insulated from danger in war is a modern thing even in modern wars it is far from true (if your country is getting overrun by enemy being rich is not enough to completely insulate you)