"Medieval" Feudalism ended 1806

[peffermillen]

in the Duchy of Luxembourg or Province de Luxembourg embedded in the Austrian Netherlands during the 18th century (1700s).

I can't remember having been told at school that a majority of peasants in Europe were slaves and serfs of local Masters (Knights, Barons, Counts, Princes, ... as Masters of seigneuries) until the end of the Holy Roman Empire (

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[is3]

I recommend paying attention to this in relation to the collapse of the Roman Empire:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederation_of_the_Rhine
https://igor-grek.ucoz.ru/publ/hronos/germany_slaves/8-1-0-1398

[peffermillen]

thanks for the links

it seems there were forces at work for a longer time with the intent to destroy the HRE, the union of the many sovereign states all over Europe.

I found a book from 1539, a chronik written in old german, reading it, takes longer because of the old letters, but it's somewhat interesting 😍

I think about transcribing and translating some parts

The author also wrote about certain people (you know the ones you dare not name) that wanted to take the scepter from the Roman Empire for themselves