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... remained a society of lord and peasant ( almost lord and slave ) , much of its business still con- ducted on the basis of barter or payment in kind . Backwardness , however , was itself the stimulus to eco- nomic change . The examples ...
... remained a society of lord and peasant ( almost lord and slave ) , much of its business still con- ducted on the basis of barter or payment in kind . Backwardness , however , was itself the stimulus to eco- nomic change . The examples ...
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... remained basically a contin- uation of classical education . Even the emperor Justini- an's closing of the Neoplatonic schools of Athens in 529 was more a defensive measure against pagan traditions than an attempt to break away from the ...
... remained basically a contin- uation of classical education . Even the emperor Justini- an's closing of the Neoplatonic schools of Athens in 529 was more a defensive measure against pagan traditions than an attempt to break away from the ...
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... remained . Within a few years after the peace France embarked upon a remarkable , century - long economic expansion that was to make the country a formidable rival of England for maritime and colonial supremacy . The territorial ...
... remained . Within a few years after the peace France embarked upon a remarkable , century - long economic expansion that was to make the country a formidable rival of England for maritime and colonial supremacy . The territorial ...
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