What was funny is that she kept insisting that Knights were *really low* on the totem pole. She asked why we portrayed a knightly household, and I mentioned that it’s much easier to find information on that class than on the details of the common peasant. Sure, there are some records out there, but relatively few vice the upper classes.

Of course, the knights are lower on the totem pole than dukes and earls, but compared to the vast majority of the population they were still much better off! She didn’t seem to want to accept that. So, I guess in her mind, she was previously of humble origin…