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Why did people in Medieval Europe sometimes choose to use violence to resolve their disputes ala feuds between farmers and private wars between nobles instead using of the myriad non-violent ways of resolving disputes such as the many courts and community trials?

by /u/DoujinHunter in /r/AskHistorians

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