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It looks like the rich only owned it because it was gifted to them by the crown - and the crown only owned it because they took it by force. Maybe all this was
by gjjrfcbugxbhf 9y ago
It looks like the rich only owned it because it was gifted to them by the crown - and the crown only owned it because they took it by force. Maybe all this was legal but only because the laws were bad.
- arethuza 9y agoActually, in lots of areas of Scotland local chiefs willingly became feudal lords gaining "official" title for their lands.
- mcguire 9y ago...became feudal lords gaining "official" personal title to their clans' lands, IIUC.
- ZeroGravitas 9y agoaka rich people stealing land from poor people.
- arethuza 9y agoExactly - what was communal became personal. Which if not legally theft was certainly the moral equivalent.