The Communes of Lombardy from the VI. to the X. Century - An Investigation of the Causes Which Led to the Development - Of Municipal Unity Among the Lombard Communes. by William Klapp Williams
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to say that among the families of the dukes and greater nobles, the
Lombard stock was preserved comparatively pure, and that the serf population was, generally speaking, of Roman descent.[11] KING +--------------+--------------+ | | | COUNTS DUKES GASTALDS | +--------------+--------------+ | | | CUTANEI SCABINI SCULDAHIS (LATER BARONS) | | | | | | | | | +-------------------------------+ | | | +-------------------------+ | | | +-------------------+ | | | +-----------+ | | | | | | | | 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 |
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