feudal

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The 19th century gave us Mark Twain’s “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court,” about an American who finds himself in feudal England.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

Every spring, Ellison throws a cherry blossom festival party for his friends at his Japanese-style feudal estate in Woodside, Calif.

From Barron's • Oct. 10, 2025

But there are significant differences between then and now: Under the feudal system, the lord had, in principle, certain obligations to peasants in addition to his right to command them.

From Salon • Jun. 22, 2025

He's only ever known a feudal life in this 150-strong sanctuary, connected to the quarantined mainland by a single, heavily defended causeway that's only accessible at low tide.

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2025

We learn that things were one way, something happened, and then things were another way: On Monday peasants toiled in the mud for feudal kings.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson