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Feudalism Feudalism (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.91 — 77 ratings — published 1944
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The Three Orders: Feudal Society Imagined The Three Orders: Feudal Society Imagined (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as feudalism)
avg rating 3.94 — 193 ratings — published 1978
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The Transition from Feudalism to Capitalism The Transition from Feudalism to Capitalism (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as feudalism)
avg rating 4.02 — 176 ratings — published 1970
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The Cross of Lead (Crispin, #1) The Cross of Lead (Crispin, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as feudalism)
avg rating 3.66 — 28,932 ratings — published 2002
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Feudal Society, Volume 1 Feudal Society, Volume 1 (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as feudalism)
avg rating 4.11 — 921 ratings — published 1964
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Feudal Society, Volume 2: Social Classes and Political Organization Feudal Society, Volume 2: Social Classes and Political Organization (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as feudalism)
avg rating 4.18 — 428 ratings — published 1939
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Passages from Antiquity to Feudalism Passages from Antiquity to Feudalism (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as feudalism)
avg rating 4.26 — 629 ratings — published 1974
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Class Conflict and the Crisis of Feudalism: Essays in Medieval Social History Class Conflict and the Crisis of Feudalism: Essays in Medieval Social History (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as feudalism)
avg rating 4.00 — 14 ratings — published 1985
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Dead Souls Dead Souls (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.97 — 100,428 ratings — published 1842
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Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as feudalism)
avg rating 4.02 — 11,949 ratings — published 2023
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Medieval Civilization 400-1500 Medieval Civilization 400-1500 (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as feudalism)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,227 ratings — published 1964
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Fiefs and Vassals: The Medieval Evidence Reinterpreted Fiefs and Vassals: The Medieval Evidence Reinterpreted (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.66 — 73 ratings — published 1994
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Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as feudalism)
avg rating 4.55 — 15,660 ratings — published 2004
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Lapvona Lapvona (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as feudalism)
avg rating 3.54 — 111,295 ratings — published 2022
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The Formation of a Persecuting Society: Power and Deviance in Western Europe, 950-1250 The Formation of a Persecuting Society: Power and Deviance in Western Europe, 950-1250 (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as feudalism)
avg rating 3.89 — 384 ratings — published 1988
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Medieval Europe Medieval Europe (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.73 — 2,450 ratings — published 2016
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Bushido: The Soul of Japan Bushido: The Soul of Japan (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as feudalism)
avg rating 3.82 — 10,783 ratings — published 1899
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My Feudal Lord My Feudal Lord (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as feudalism)
avg rating 3.70 — 5,387 ratings — published 1991
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The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1) The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1)
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avg rating 4.13 — 215,024 ratings — published 1982
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Mediaeval Feudalism Mediaeval Feudalism (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.84 — 154 ratings — published 1956
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Dragonquest (Dragonriders of Pern, #2) Dragonquest (Dragonriders of Pern, #2)
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avg rating 4.10 — 53,998 ratings — published 1971
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Dune (Dune, #1) Dune (Dune, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as feudalism)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,706,775 ratings — published 1965
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Feudal Society Feudal Society (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as feudalism)
avg rating 4.25 — 363 ratings — published 1939
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A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1) A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
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avg rating 4.45 — 2,814,608 ratings — published 1996
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The Communist Manifesto The Communist Manifesto (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.70 — 209,471 ratings — published 1848
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China's Millions: The Revolutionary Struggles from 1927 to 1935 China's Millions: The Revolutionary Struggles from 1927 to 1935 (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.00 — 1 rating — published
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Thunder Out of China Thunder Out of China (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.95 — 130 ratings — published 1946
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The Saint-Fiacre Affair (Maigret, #13) The Saint-Fiacre Affair (Maigret, #13)
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avg rating 3.64 — 3,554 ratings — published 1932
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The Tyranny of a Construct: Feudalism and Historians of Medieval Europe The Tyranny of a Construct: Feudalism and Historians of Medieval Europe (ebook)
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avg rating 4.30 — 10 ratings — published
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Dracula Dracula (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 1,539,845 ratings — published 1897
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The Great Road: The Life and Times of Chu Teh The Great Road: The Life and Times of Chu Teh (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.50 — 36 ratings — published 1956
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The Chinese Army: Its organization and military efficiency The Chinese Army: Its organization and military efficiency (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.50 — 2 ratings — published 1975
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Mao's Long March; An Epic of Human Courage Mao's Long March; An Epic of Human Courage (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.33 — 3 ratings — published 1973
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Europe in Transition from Feudalism to Industrialization Europe in Transition from Feudalism to Industrialization (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.74 — 129 ratings — published 2010
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葬送のフリーレン 14 [Sōsō no Frieren 14] 葬送のフリーレン 14 [Sōsō no Frieren 14] (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.49 — 2,113 ratings — published 2025
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Theory As History: Essays on Modes of Production and Exploitation (Historical Materialism) Theory As History: Essays on Modes of Production and Exploitation (Historical Materialism)
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avg rating 4.39 — 103 ratings — published 2010
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De grote mythen van de moderne geschiedenis De grote mythen van de moderne geschiedenis (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.46 — 61 ratings — published
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Innocent Omnibus Volume 1 Innocent Omnibus Volume 1 (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.28 — 559 ratings — published 2025
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More Everything Forever: AI Overlords, Space Empires, and Silicon Valley's Crusade to Control the Fate of Humanity More Everything Forever: AI Overlords, Space Empires, and Silicon Valley's Crusade to Control the Fate of Humanity (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as feudalism)
avg rating 4.23 — 2,498 ratings — published 2025
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Præsten i Vejlby Præsten i Vejlby (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as feudalism)
avg rating 3.56 — 200 ratings — published 1829
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Call to Arms 呐喊 Call to Arms 呐喊 (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.28 — 1,167 ratings — published
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Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.81 — 80,231 ratings — published 1884
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Berserk, Vol. 3 (Berserk, #3) Berserk, Vol. 3 (Berserk, #3)
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avg rating 4.55 — 23,473 ratings — published 1991
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Vagabond, Vol. 3 Vagabond, Vol. 3 (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as feudalism)
avg rating 4.66 — 2,602 ratings — published 2001
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Vagabond, Vol. 2 Vagabond, Vol. 2 (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as feudalism)
avg rating 4.61 — 3,421 ratings — published 2020
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Vagabond, Vol. 1 Vagabond, Vol. 1 (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as feudalism)
avg rating 4.57 — 7,641 ratings — published 1999
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Delicious in Dungeon, Vol. 1 Delicious in Dungeon, Vol. 1 (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as feudalism)
avg rating 4.37 — 15,810 ratings — published 2015
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葬送のフリーレン 8 [Sōsō no Frieren 8] 葬送のフリーレン 8 [Sōsō no Frieren 8] (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as feudalism)
avg rating 4.49 — 5,245 ratings — published 2022
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Berserk, Vol. 1 (Berserk, #1) Berserk, Vol. 1 (Berserk, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as feudalism)
avg rating 4.49 — 74,122 ratings — published 1990
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薬屋のひとりごと 3 [Kusuriya no Hitorigoto 3] 薬屋のひとりごと 3 [Kusuriya no Hitorigoto 3] (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as feudalism)
avg rating 4.49 — 16,141 ratings — published 2018
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David Graeber
“As I pointed out, feudalism is essentially a redistributive system. Peasants and craftsmen produce things to a large extent autonomously; lords siphon off a share of what they produce, usually by dint of some complex set of legal rights and traditions ("direct-juro-political extraction" is the technical phrase I learned in college), and then go about portioning out shares of the loot to their own staff, flunkies, warriors, retainers - and to a lesser extent, by sponsoring feasts and festivals and by occasional gifts and favours, giving some of it back to the craftsmen and peasants once again. In such an arrangement, it makes little sense to speak of separate spheres of "politics" and "the economy" because the goods are extracted through political means and distributed for political purposes.”
David Graeber, Bullshit Jobs: A Theory

Kim Stanley Robinson
“... this system we call the transnational world order is just feudalism all over again, a set of rules that is anti-ecologic, it does not give back but rather enriches a floating international elite while impoverishing everything else, and so of course the so-called rich elite are in actuality poor as well, disengaged from real human work and therefore from real human accomplishment, parasitical in the most precise sense, and yet powerful too as parasites that have taken control can be, sucking the gifts of human work away from their rightful recipients which are the seven generations, and feeding on them while increasing the repressive powers that keep them in place!”
Kim Stanley Robinson, Red Mars

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