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Was life better in Classical Antiquity or Medieval Europe?

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During late antiquity and the early Middle Ages, political, social, economic, and cultural structures were profoundly reorganized, as Roman imperial traditions gave way to those of the Germanic peoples who established kingdoms in the former Western Empire. read more

Slavery, I believe, was less prominent in medieval Europe as it was in Roman times, slaves in Roman times could buy their freedom, while medieval peasantry were "bonded" to the land they worked as a result of the feudal social contract. read more