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What do you think a serf was?
by ronald_raygun 3y ago
What do you think a serf was?
- guappa 3y agoNot a slave. They couldn't be sold. They had rights. In general the classic school hierarchy of emperor, vassals, valvassori (dunno in english), valvassini (also don't know in english), serfs has been debunked.
- adastra22 3y agoSomeone whose day to day existence was mostly under their own control, so long as they stayed tied to the land and produced. Both slavery and serfdom are terrible, but they are not the same. From the perspective of industry though, serfdom is a purely agricultural institution.