feudal

The Peasant’s Revolt of 1381 is a fascinating moment because it’s a time when the notion of democracy wasn’t even a twinkle in a feudal servant’s eye.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Under Mao Zedong, the communist revolutionary who founded the People’s Republic in 1949 and ruled China until his death in 1976, faith was classified as feudal superstition—in the party’s view, no better than fortunetelling.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

With no feudal background, America lacked a capital city like London or Paris designed to showcase the arts, so the idea spread across all 50 states.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

Baelor, a politician and a feudal dynast, might understand on some level that by fighting with Dunk, he is, in his own way, upholding the dignity of the crown and keeping the commoners placated.

From Salon ● Feb. 25, 2026

Second, Jefferson suggested that Adams’s description of aristocratic power was appropriate for Europe, where feudal privileges, family titles, and more limited economic opportunities created conditions that sustained class distinctions.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis