oldeuropeanculture
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Serbian and Irish medieval law texts make clear distinctions between the peasants and shepherds which are treated as two distinct classes in the society. They had vastly different rights and obligations which were regulated in separate law texts.
For instance in Serbian medieval law texts these are the most striking differences between the peasants and shepherds:
sebri, srblji, meropsi or rabotnici - dependant peasant. They could not leave their master's property and could not become soldiers or change their social status.
vlasi, arbanasi — dependant shepherds. They had freedom of movement and could join the army and eventually nobility.
Does this division exists anywhere else in medieval Europe?
For instance in Serbian medieval law texts these are the most striking differences between the peasants and shepherds:
sebri, srblji, meropsi or rabotnici - dependant peasant. They could not leave their master's property and could not become soldiers or change their social status.
vlasi, arbanasi — dependant shepherds. They had freedom of movement and could join the army and eventually nobility.
Does this division exists anywhere else in medieval Europe?