\
  The most prestigious law school admissions discussion board in the world.
BackRefresh Options Favorite

Question about European feudalism.

Was this system as singularly shitty as it sounds, or have m...
House-broken bright hall
  06/14/13
just walk outside bro
Orchid shitlib legend
  05/29/25
(and yes, OP's country has a third world gini coefficient)
Orchid shitlib legend
  05/29/25
...
Orchid shitlib legend
  06/03/25
...
Orchid shitlib legend
  06/08/25
...
Orchid shitlib legend
  07/01/25
...
Orchid shitlib legend
  07/03/25
...
Orchid shitlib legend
  07/06/25
...
Orchid shitlib legend
  07/08/25
...
Orchid shitlib legend
  07/13/25
...
Orchid shitlib legend
  07/14/25
...
Orchid shitlib legend
  07/16/25
...
Orchid shitlib legend
  07/20/25
...
nyuug
  07/24/25
Have most large-scale agricultural civilizations over the la...
light irradiated state
  05/29/25
Yes, it was terrible, it was the first form of mass-egalitar...
Purple office death wish
  05/29/25
(ignores every other form of mass-agriculture that preceded ...
light irradiated state
  05/29/25
They were better because you had different tribal clans owni...
Purple office death wish
  05/29/25
read the history of the early hydrological civilizations of ...
light irradiated state
  05/29/25
Better to be a serf under a Warrior Clique (blessed by the P...
Smoky corn cake property
  07/01/25
...
Thriller Overrated Parlour
  07/13/25
...
Spectacular house twinkling uncleanness
  07/13/25
what part of: the peasants are revolting, don't u get?
Sable laughsome rehab
  05/29/25
cq
bonkers onyx corner affirmative action
  05/29/25
I'd say that like slavery it probably depends on a lot on ju...
Chest-beating heaven
  06/03/25
teen black death survivors were the original Boomers
Smoky corn cake property
  07/02/25
i wish i could have sworn fealty to an employer like a serf ...
grizzly hateful brunch useless brakes
  06/08/25
Serfs had tons of time off & feast days. It wasn't as ba...
stirring nighttime locus
  07/01/25
really depended on the country, the region, and the lord re...
Bateful offensive crackhouse famous landscape painting
  07/16/25


Poast new message in this thread



Reply Favorite

Date: June 14th, 2013 10:27 AM
Author: House-broken bright hall

Was this system as singularly shitty as it sounds, or have most societies historically been based on similar systems?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#23393887)



Reply Favorite

Date: May 29th, 2025 4:29 AM
Author: Orchid shitlib legend

just walk outside bro

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#48969812)



Reply Favorite

Date: May 29th, 2025 4:30 AM
Author: Orchid shitlib legend

(and yes, OP's country has a third world gini coefficient)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#48969813)



Reply Favorite

Date: June 3rd, 2025 9:24 PM
Author: Orchid shitlib legend



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#48985020)



Reply Favorite

Date: June 8th, 2025 5:55 PM
Author: Orchid shitlib legend



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#48997575)



Reply Favorite

Date: July 1st, 2025 9:14 PM
Author: Orchid shitlib legend



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#49064860)



Reply Favorite

Date: July 3rd, 2025 8:14 PM
Author: Orchid shitlib legend



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#49070377)



Reply Favorite

Date: July 6th, 2025 8:32 PM
Author: Orchid shitlib legend



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#49077411)



Reply Favorite

Date: July 8th, 2025 10:20 PM
Author: Orchid shitlib legend



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#49084518)



Reply Favorite

Date: July 13th, 2025 6:52 PM
Author: Orchid shitlib legend



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#49098591)



Reply Favorite

Date: July 14th, 2025 5:12 PM
Author: Orchid shitlib legend



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#49101058)



Reply Favorite

Date: July 16th, 2025 3:43 AM
Author: Orchid shitlib legend



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#49105012)



Reply Favorite

Date: July 20th, 2025 8:00 PM
Author: Orchid shitlib legend



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#49117359)



Reply Favorite

Date: July 24th, 2025 5:37 PM
Author: nyuug (Gangnam WGWAG Playboy)



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#49128622)



Reply Favorite

Date: May 29th, 2025 5:47 AM
Author: light irradiated state

Have most large-scale agricultural civilizations over the last 5k years relegated the vast majority of their agricultural labor force /population to a state of semi-slavery enforced by an exploitative elite with a monopoly on violence?

yes

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#48969854)



Reply Favorite

Date: May 29th, 2025 5:51 AM
Author: Purple office death wish

Yes, it was terrible, it was the first form of mass-egalitarianism. All the old Tribal Clans were abolished & people were turned into landless serfs, the only exceptions were the Elite Warlord Clans that got to rule as Lords/Kings.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#48969860)



Reply Favorite

Date: May 29th, 2025 5:55 AM
Author: light irradiated state

(ignores every other form of mass-agriculture that preceded it)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#48969863)



Reply Favorite

Date: May 29th, 2025 7:47 AM
Author: Purple office death wish

They were better because you had different tribal clans owning different regions, serfdom was a form of quasi-slavery, only the Kings/Lords had property rights.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#48969954)



Reply Favorite

Date: May 29th, 2025 1:37 PM
Author: light irradiated state

read the history of the early hydrological civilizations of egypt, mesopotamia, the indus and the yellow river valleys

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#48971066)



Reply Favorite

Date: July 1st, 2025 11:58 PM
Author: Smoky corn cake property

Better to be a serf under a Warrior Clique (blessed by the Priestly Clique) than a humiliated cog of the Merchant Clique imho

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#49065184)



Reply Favorite

Date: July 13th, 2025 6:53 PM
Author: Thriller Overrated Parlour



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#49098592)



Reply Favorite

Date: July 13th, 2025 7:03 PM
Author: Spectacular house twinkling uncleanness



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#49098608)



Reply Favorite

Date: May 29th, 2025 8:52 AM
Author: Sable laughsome rehab

what part of: the peasants are revolting, don't u get?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#48970037)



Reply Favorite

Date: May 29th, 2025 8:54 AM
Author: bonkers onyx corner affirmative action

cq

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#48970041)



Reply Favorite

Date: June 3rd, 2025 9:32 PM
Author: Chest-beating heaven

I'd say that like slavery it probably depends on a lot on just where you are, so not singularly shitty just situation dependent

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#48985033)



Reply Favorite

Date: July 2nd, 2025 12:06 AM
Author: Smoky corn cake property

teen black death survivors were the original Boomers

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#49065206)



Reply Favorite

Date: June 8th, 2025 6:07 PM
Author: grizzly hateful brunch useless brakes

i wish i could have sworn fealty to an employer like a serf to a feudal lord when i was younger. would have saved me a lot of pain cycling through shitty short-term jobs.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#48997602)



Reply Favorite

Date: July 1st, 2025 10:15 PM
Author: stirring nighttime locus

Serfs had tons of time off & feast days. It wasn't as bad as most people think. They didn't have running water or electricity, but neither did the rulers.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#49065026)



Reply Favorite

Date: July 16th, 2025 4:01 AM
Author: Bateful offensive crackhouse famous landscape painting

really depended on the country, the region, and the lord

removing technology from the equation it could range from far more harmonious than what we have today to utterly hellish. the general trend towards centralization of power from the early middle ages and on and the rise of the professional state theoretically ensures a general better standard of living for a subject on average, or at the very least a set "floor" for QoL, but ends up removing a lot to do with the nuances of power relations and enduring senses of community in the process

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#49105022)