[Dionysiusdecordealcis]

Serfs were not property. This statement is so absurd. Serfs were personally unfree, that is they had to have their lord's permission to marry etc. and had to remain on the land to work it. But they owned property, had rights, could not be forced to marry any more than anyone else could. Serfs were not slaves and were not comparable to slaves in Greek or Roman antiquity and certainly nothing close to the chattel slavery of the modern era.

[annalex]

True, -- our correspondent did not describe anything but his Castles and Dragons imagination. Thank you for the correction.