The wrong kind of details: the components of wonder (aka lmp's rant)

[Kuruharan]

The saddlehorse that avenged a nation. My kingdom for a horse, indeed!

The horse was probably expressing its displeasure at having such a fat rider on its back rather than making a political statement. And it was probably a Norman horse.

Rather nasty way to go though. It ruptured his stomach, he lingered quite awhile. *Eck*

Class issues are tough for me to think clearly about, Naaramare and LMP. It's difficult to give the different cultures their proper weight, not to assume lower=impoverished in almost every way and upper=higher in almost every way.

Just to further the confusion, there have been occasions when the politically powerful have not been the economically powerful in a society. Ancient Athens is an example. The citizen body had the political power, but the commercial economy was primarily in the hands of metics (resident aliens) who had no political rights.