<span>Spain, the 1700's, presumably. This was a pretty tough answer to find, so I hope the one reference helps you out.</span>
I would say "I judge it made him blind" shows the realism of this man's seemingly angry state. The speaker sees that this man's anger has exceeded his "mental vision", shall we say. The man isn't sure of what he's doing, except that he must do something to feed and calm the anger.
I'm sorry if this doesn't help, but that's how I see it as realism.
Prior to the Industrial Revolution<span>, which </span>began<span> in Britain in the late 1700s, manufacturing was often done in people's homes, using hand tools or basic machines. </span>Industrialization<span> marked a shift to powered, special-purpose machinery, factories and mass production.</span>
