tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34763566.post1041340285460909787..comments2024-02-03T17:37:27.803-08:00Comments on Cogitations and Meditations: Picture Day Friday: Three Orders of Medieval SocietyKeira Soleorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14440213826734580889noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34763566.post-34448321640683034262015-02-08T21:33:55.731-08:002015-02-08T21:33:55.731-08:00Mary, thank you for visiting my blog and for comme...Mary, thank you for visiting my blog and for commenting. <br /><br />Indeed the rise of the merchant class changed the face of social order forever.<br /><br />I'm dying to see "Wolf Hall." It comes to this side of the pond in April. Keira Soleorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14440213826734580889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34763566.post-18432359744981036032015-02-08T08:15:16.035-08:002015-02-08T08:15:16.035-08:00And much later in Medieval times and into Tudor ti...And much later in Medieval times and into Tudor times the aspiring merchant class came along to upset the apple cart! Able to pay to educate their children, an intelligent meritocracy to challenge the lesser ranks of the nobility. Witness Thomas More in Wolf Hall - werchant, money lender, lawyer and self made initially through trade.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09416731425259185834noreply@blogger.com