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KING
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COUNTS DUKES GASTALDS
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CUTANEI SCABINI SCULDAHIS
(LATER BARONS)
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ARIMANNI | | | |
MASNADA | | |
ALDII | |
SERFS |
SLAVES
The above table, while its divisions must not be taken too
literally, will, I think, give some indication of the
estimation in which the various classes of society were
held. It is too early yet in the development of the feudal
system to say that the derivation lines show the course of
an absolute feudal tenure, and they are not meant for that
purpose, but simply to indicate the succession of the
inequalities of rank.
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