Thomas Bulfinch: The other classes of which society was composed were, first, freemen, owners of small portions of land, independent, though they sometimes voluntarily became the vassals of their more opulent neighbors, whose power was necessary for their protection.

The other classes of which society was composed were, first, freemen, owners of small portions of land, independent, though they sometimes voluntarily became the vassals of their more opulent neighbors, whose power was necessary for their protection.

-- Thomas Bulfinch


		Name: Thomas Bulfinch Type: Writer Nationality: American Birth: July 15, 1796 Death: May 27, 1867

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