... desire to break away from oppression. This was the need of the ordinary peasant trying to escaped persecution or even simply to protect his family or even his flock from mountain bandits. We also know it was clearly a secret underground society, one which protected and sheltered the ordinary people and enforced justice that the local authorities failed to enforce. Basically the ... city slums, but this was not necessarily true for the children. Most people lived in cold overcrowded conditions with less then adequate sanitation. Due to the lack of fresh air and sunlight in these cramped ...

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