"Feudalism? Sometimes it referred to the power of an all-mighty Emperor to distribute favors; sometimes it referred to peasants who had no land or power; sometimes it referred to a hierarchy of obligations and duties; sometimes it referred to the old thinking where women were subjugated to men."
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Gretchen Dykstra, Echoes from Wuhan: The Past as Prologue, Atmosphere Press, 2022, page 309-310 (ISBN 9781639882151).
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Feudalism
1917 – 1919
Feudalism, also known as the feudal system, was the combination of the legal, economic, military, cultural and political customs that flourished in [[Middle Ages|medieval Eu
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