Rate of Change

[Brian M. Scott]

On 5 Jun 2001, at 9:58, Eduard Selleslagh wrote:

>> 1000 years is 1000 years, whether it occurs from 6000 to
>> 5000 BCE, or from 0 to 1000 CE.

> Although this is strictly true, it is highly debatable: you have
> to take into account the rate of change of local society. E.g.
> during the Middle Ages society hardly changed over 100 or more
> years; in more recent times, however...

The basic point is probably sound enough, but you'd have a hard time
finding a medieval historian who would agree that 'during the Middle
Ages society hardly changed over 100 or more years'.  Pick any 100-
year period you like during the MA, and you'll find significant social
changes.

Brian M. Scott