How did being “famous” become a thing? How did society peg people who are singers, actors, writers, etc. as a “celebrity”?
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It’s 1237.
You’re a farmer in a mid-sized village in central Bavaria.
There’s about 400 people living in town.
You don’t know all of them by name, but you could probably name about a third of them.
All 400 of them know the priest though, Father Jonas.
Father Jonas is locally famous because his work with the church gives him a relatively wide reach to everyone in town. You are not famous because you just grow melons.
Fame is an outgrowth of jobs that have a wide reach – politicians, entertainers, religious leadership – people that interact with huge numbers of individuals.
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