In a message dated 9/6/2003 7:45:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Of course I could go on to say that feudalism was an agreement between two > men in which one did service for the other in exchange for land, and has > nothing to do with rulership. But then, I don't think > anyone really cares > about history anymore, or "getting it right"... :( Was this a freely made agreement between equals or was it a situation where one man owned the land through inheritance and the other had no option other than to work in the service of the lord. Where there the lord got to decide the terms of the agreement and if the peasent did not agree the power of the state would come down upon him. Feudalism was not a free market state. It was in fact just the opposite. The rise of trade unions helped to destroy feudalism _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
