• Kyrgizion@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    You could get together enough serfs to overthrow the local lord.

    Much harder to do with a board of directors overseas, unfortunately.

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      9 months ago

      That said, the Peasant’s Revolt didn’t do well. The Black Death, however, basically ended serfdom because mobile labor was in high demand.