[WikiEN-l] A morsel of substance, a truckload of nonsense

[Oldak Quill]

2009/4/23  <WJhonson at aol.com>:
> In a message dated 4/23/2009 1:34:55 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com writes:
>
> Sorry,  you hold what qualification in medieval history to make this
> comment?  What do you think the so-called "feudal system" was about  if
> not the holding of land, which made up most of the economy of Europe
> from say 600 to at least 1600? >>
> --------------------
>
> Not the point.
> This article is not about the feudal system, not about an example of a
> person with a hundred plots of land.  It's about one person, their  life.  Not
> their land holdings.

As an article about a Norman noble who is significant because of his
role in a feudal system, it is important to list landholdings in the
article. Without the landholdings, he wouldn't be a Norman noble (or
would be a less notable one), which is what the feudal system was all
about. Similarly, if a businessman were famous today for being a
businessman, it would make sense to list the companies he has been a
CEO of.

As David said above, it is a short article, so his landholdings take a
up a large portion of it. Just add more biographical information.

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Oldak Quill (oldakquill at gmail.com)