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Given the poor living conditions and low life expectancies of Medieval Europe, was there any backlash to the construction of large religious monuments or buildings? I'm thinking specifically of those massive cathedrals that took decades or centuries to construct.

by /u/TreebeardButIntoBDSM in /r/AskHistorians

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