feudalism

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In pointing out that their mode of exploitation was different from that of the bourgeoisie, the feudalists forget that they exploited under circumstances and conditions that were quite different and that are now antiquated.

From Manifesto of the Communist Party by Marx, Karl

"But from what I have heard they are not friends with the feudalists."

From The Jew by Kraszewski, Jo?zef Ignacy

And now, said the feudalists, Cobden will find his level.

From Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland by Stanton, Henry B.

Now there are two kinds of feudalism, which the old feudalists put down very clearly in two words now out of date—"fiefs of dignity" and "fiefs simple."

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05 (From Charlemagne to Frederick Barbarossa) by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

The feudalists called for a still further revision of the constitution, and urged that even the reforms effected by Stein should be undone.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" by Various