Violence seigneuriale en Languedoc : le cas du comté de Melgueil (xie-xiie siècles) by Alexandre Vergos

“…During the golden age of feudalism in the 11th and 12th centuries, lordly violence seems ubiquitous in the literary sources as well as the juridical ones. …”
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Pilgrims Speaking Angry Words: Change and Anger in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales by Huriye Reis

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A Southern Shakespeare? by Michèle Vignaux

“…Among the causes of this ambivalence is the underlying tension between the democratic ideal of the United States and the association of Shakespeare with the old European feudal order, itself associated by Walt Whitman with slavery in the old South. …”
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Excerpts from The Freedom Fight: A Novel of Resistance and Freedom. by Pamela J. Olubunmi Smith

“…It chronicles brilliantly the rebellion of an idealist, Àjàyí, son of Olókùn-Ẹṣin, a prominent member of the town’s Council of Chiefs and the chain reaction of the revolution he mounts against the injustices of enslavement and any kind of feudal practices. His violent protest results in eventual freedom and independence for the people of Òkò from years of servitude under the feudal lord, Olúmokùn, signaling the beginning of the end of feudalism in Yorùbáland. …”
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A Short History of the Formation of Hungarian Legal Terminology by József Szabadfalvi

“… After the founding of the sovereign Hungarian feudal state, Latin became the ›official‹ language of state affairs, legislation, and legal literacy for centuries. …”
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Individual and Society in Lu Xun's Works: A Journey from Tradition to Modernism by Ali Kiriktaş

“…He critiqued many aspects of society, particularly the feudal social structure and patriarchal family systems, highlighting their negative effects on individuals and advocating for China's modernization. …”
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