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What is “the cost of mourning”? Where I come from, you can mourn whomever you want for as long as you want without incurring any costs at all…

Janus Bahs Jacquet
– Janus Bahs Jacquet

2026-03-30 18:26:29 +00:00
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@JanusBahsJacquet In this context, "mourning" is the clothes for mourning. Typically black, unadorned, and all that.

Mary
– Mary

2026-03-31 01:38:08 +00:00
Commented yesterday
According to nationalarchives.gov.uk/currency-converter £600 in 1690 had the same value as roughly £72,000 had in 2017, so the result must be heavily dependent on the methodology (which makes sense, because the relative value of various goods has also changed drastically over the centuries).

phoog
– phoog

2026-03-31 07:42:10 +00:00
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