By the end of the Fifteenth century inequality was dramatic in the Western World. I will suggest it was at a peak. Europe was ruled by monarchies that separated citizens into many classes with different rights, and much different quality of life. Even worse than Europeans on the bottom of the economic system were non-Europeans being held as perpetual slaves and traded as a commodity.
This system was the product of the savage pursuit of wealth and power. Neither secular philosophers, nor religious thinkers had much to do with the creation of the system. I've pointed out a couple ideas that could help facilitate this turn of events, but seems unlikely either were the cause.
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