Question

Why do we know much more about the cultural practices of rulers than about those of ordinary people?

Answer 1

We know more about the cultural practices of rulers than about those of ordinary people because: 

• Only rulers could afford minstrels and historians for records and documentation. They could preserve their records at their palaces. 
• Ordinary people used to struggle to earn their livelihood. 
• Ordinary people did not have resources or wealth to preserve their memories and cultural practices.