• @the_third@feddit.de
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      241 year ago

      The background back then was, that citizens of towns weren’t owned by anyone in the feudal system unlike people that lived outside the walls.

      • @Aqarius@lemmy.world
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        211 year ago

        There were free peasants outside cities. The specific reason is a serf could run away to a city, and if he managed to stay long enough, he stopped being a serf and became a citizen.