Medieval in More Ways than One

[wellingtongoose]

We have seen that the demographics of the wizarding world resembles pre-industrial Britain between the late middle ages and the early modern period. I have discussed the burden of infectious diseases on wizarding society but traditionally disease is not the only problem facing pre-industrial societies.

Where death stalks the land, it does so in the

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[dormiensa]

excellent points! thank you for elucidating! :D

[wellingtongoose]

Thank you for the recommendation. I will definitely be looking at it when I get the time.

I have a meta in the works regarding the various magical beings that inhabit the wizarding world and how they have shaped the current world as we see it in the books.

The Daily Snitch – Thursday, 28 August 2014

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[oryx_leucoryx]

Re: Hagrid - IMO when he was first justifiably expelled for raising a monster in the castle he may have been given a deferred sentence that came into effect when it seemed another one was around. The Ministry was wrong in thinking Aragog was the only monster , leading to mistakenly applying his sentence 50 years later, but Fudge wasn't being completely unreasonable. Even in a modern society, in case of a deferred sentence it is up to the accused to prove their innocence rather than the normal way.

[chianazhaan]

"This is not a society that values justice, or even the individual lives of the populace. This is a society imprisoned by its own fear of exposure and will use any means necessary to prevent this from happening."

Every society values justice; the question is whether is can achieve it and how well. Think about the justice system before DNA evidence and fingerprints and so on. Then think about the four possibilities:

• a guilty person is convicted
• a guilty person is acquitted
• an innocent person is convicted
• an innocent person is acquitted

One needs evidence to differentiate between those 4 possibilities. Without measurable evidence, society will look at your reputation and influence, but also the reputation and influence of the person providing you with an alibi