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Topic	In old times, your last name was Smith if you were a blacksmith
JBaLLEN66 06/04/21 6:32:46 PM #12:	DuranOfForcena posted... that's actually why Smith is such a common last name, because in times of war in the middle ages, almost everyone regardless of their occupation was sent off to war and likely to die, except the Smiths who they couldn't send off to war because they needed to stay back and actually make the weapons and armor, and so they didn't die in wars anywhere near as often as those of other occupations. no, peasants were pretty useless in battle and the large conscripted stylevarmies didnt really happen until much later. --- The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild is the worst Zelda Game by far. <cite>JBaLLEN66 posted [p:954652604] in In old tim... [t:79495664]...</cite> <quote>DuranOfForcena posted... </cite> <quote>that's actually why Smith is such a common last name, because in times of war in the middle ages, almost everyone regardless of their occupation was sent off to war and likely to die, except the Smiths who they couldn't send off to war because they needed to stay back and actually make the weapons and armor, and so they didn't die in wars anywhere near as often as those of other occupations.</quote> no, peasants were pretty useless in battle and the large conscripted stylevarmies didnt really happen until much later. --- The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild is the worst Zelda Game by far.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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