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Despotic noblemen repressed the peasants so harshly that an army led by György Dózsa rose in rebellion in 1514, but the insurrection failed; Dózsa was roasted alive and the serfs’ condition continued to decline.
African-Americans who lived as serfs in the deep South saw Brown vs.
265)--"Serfs Up": "In England, the rule was well established that 'no lord could be sued by a vassal in his own court, but each petty lord was subject to suit in the courts of a higher lord."
The monasteries and priories — including the very powerful abbey at Furness — assumed total control over all activities, and the residents became serfs to these new landlords.
They laid down a social pecking order with themselves in first place, followed by Kshatriyas (the warriors), Vaishyas (cultivators or traders), and Shudras (serfs and those of mixed blood).