Medieval Serfs (aka villeins) were unfree labourers who worked the land of a landowner (or tenant) in return for physical and legal protection and the right to work a separate piece of land for their own basic needs. https://www.worldhistory.org/Serf/ #History #DomesdayBook #Feudalism #Manorialism

I'm seeing quite a lot of people talk about how the #coronation of #KingCharles is a relic of #feudalism

I question this, and not just because kings have been around since the #Sumerians if not earlier.

My sense is that historians don't tend to refer to feudalism, instead discussing #vassalage and #manorialism as separate institutions. Certainly manorialism continued in #Ireland until we gained '#independence even after vassalage was mostly done away with.

Any #historians want to correct me?

Medieval serfs (aka villeins) were unfree labourers who worked the land of a landowner (or tenant) in return for physical and legal protection and the right to work a separate piece of land for their own basic needs. Serfs made up 75% of the medieval population but were not slaves as only their labour could be bought, not their person.
https://www.worldhistory.org/Serf/ #DomesdayBook #Feudalism #Manorialism #History

@Kaker @kacytillman

the funniest thing to me is how the tech bros along many “ #libertarian “ billionaires are the most ardent anti capitalists.

i vent on the topic below: how the permissive consolidation allowed in the US has pulled the wheels off of free markets; without them and the very diversity of buyers and sellers an economy reverts to #manorialism or transforms into #totalitarianism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPoUCddCnuo