(January 12, 2013 at 12:31 am)jonb Wrote: It was also mentioned in this thread about slaves. The Roman conception of a slave was something you owned,and you could do with as you willed. Early medieval was that a surf belonged to the land, and by owning the land you had duties to look after it and those on it. Yes a few rich men might debate issues, but we are not talking about anything near the same conception of what the word means.
I'm just curious, are you a member of the SCA? I've only ever heard these type of views expressed once and that was from an SCA nut.