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No the lord was the lord. Yes they had powers over their serfs, but they weren't the government and they could not make laws. Certainly being a serf was not id
by danieltillett 8y ago
No the lord was the lord. Yes they had powers over their serfs, but they weren't the government and they could not make laws.
Certainly being a serf was not ideal, but most serfs had very little interaction with government. They paid a small amount of tax and beyond that they were left alone by government.
- nl 8y agoFeudalism was government. It's even listed on the Wikipedia page as a form of government: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_forms_of_government https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_forms_of_government The definition is perfectly government: "In its classic definition.. feudalism describes a set of reciprocal legal and military obligations among the warrior nobility revolving around the three key concepts of lords, vassals and fiefs." (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feudalism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feudalism) The feudal system filled exactly the role government fills today. It did it differently, but the local lord was just as much a part of government as a state or local government is in the US today (indeed more-so, since they had legal power over life and death).
- danieltillett 8y agoI think we are arguing past each other.