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Decentralization Hidden in the Dark Ages

For longtime readers, this is a condensed version of the several posts I have made on this subject.   I have also added a minor amount ...

Although the term has fallen out of use in the academic community, for many this period is known as the Dark Ages – with all of the associated stereotypes: barbarians, boorish behavior, and the uncivilized society that came to Europe with the fall of the much more civilized Rome. How did people live absent a strong central power (Rome)?In what manners was governance achieved?How did such a society evolve over the centuries into the nation-states of Europe?From whose perspective were these ages “dark”? The idea of destroying a village to save it, or abrogating property rights to preserve them, or stealing from one to help another in more need would be quite foreign to the mediaeval mind – or to our poor time traveler, who would likely have a reaction to this sad tale similar to this.

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