A robber baron or robber knight (German: Raubritter) was an unscrupulous feudal landowner who, protected by his fief's legal status, imposed high taxes...

Look up robber baron in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Robber baron may refer to: Robber baron (feudalism), term for unscrupulous medieval landowners...

barons in the peerages of Britain and Ireland Robber baron (feudalism) Boyar - Slavic feudal title Blamires, David (2009), "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen"...

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Serfdom was the status of many peasants under feudalism, specifically relating to manorialism, and similar systems. It was a condition of debt bondage...

limited land-ownership, especially one living in the Middle Ages under feudalism and paying rent, tax, fees, or services to a landlord. In Europe, three...

Anglo-Saxon government. They also introduced new institutions, in particular, feudalism. For later developments in English government, see Government in late...

Even before academic studies began, Americans were enthralled by the Robber baron debate. As the United States industrialized very rapidly after the Civil...

following the Norman Conquest of England of 1066 and the establishment of feudalism, land was usually transferred by subinfeudation, rarely by alienation...

(unemployment, economic inequality, hyperinflation, climate change, robber barons, the Great Depression, and the Great Recession) because the history...

in 'A Fool's Life,' except for a social factor, namely the shadow of feudalism cast over my life. This I omitted purposely, not at all certain that I...

the Gilded Age [1870s–1900] entrepreneurs "Captains of Industry" or "Robber Barons"? Without revisionist historians, who have done research in new sources...

where feudalism was present. The lord of the manor may have held several properties within a county or, for example in the case of a feudal baron, spread...

after his death. The Oligarchy is the largest monopoly of trusts (or robber barons) who manage to squeeze out the middle class by bankrupting most small...

War, leading to a general state of near-lawlessness in Germany where robber barons acted unopposed by the nominal system of justice. The role of the papacy...

on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2022. "The Irvings, Canada's robber barons, by Alain Deneault (Le Monde diplomatique - English edition, April 2019)"...

struggle of ordinary Americans against the bankers, monopolists, and robber barons of the Gilded Age. Hence, it became known as the "People's Money". Supporters...

of the 15th century. Feuds often happened between local rulers. The "robber baron" (Raubritter) became a social factor. Simultaneously, the Catholic Church...

inequality, hyperinflation, the Great Depression, the Great Recession, the robber barons, and unemployment) because the history of capitalism is viewed as dynamic...

product of the English form of feudalism in which the military duty of a knight to his lord (which was implicit in tenure feudalism) was replaced by paid, short-term...

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Diggers Economic rent Enclosure Excess burden of taxation Externality Feudalism Free-market environmentalism Freiwirtschaft Geolibertarianism Green economy...

groups, to the detriment of both liberty and equality. Moreover, the robber baron period, hailed by the right and despised by the left as a heyday of laissez-faire...

spanning from 1100 to 1400 during what can be considered the golden age of feudalism. Usually the wars will be caused by conflicting dynastic claims but also...

a marked turning point in the transition from medieval feudalism. While continental feudalism had remained strong socially and economically, it was in...

Commission was established in 1887 with the intent of regulating railroad robber barons. President Grover Cleveland appointed Thomas M. Cooley, a railroad ally...

being Austria, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony. With the Napoleonic Wars, feudalism fell away and the Holy Roman Empire was dissolved in 1806. Napoleon established...

VI successfully defeated, both military and politically, many of the robber barons. When Louis VI died in 1137, much progress had been made towards strengthening...

(1899) was published during the Gilded Age (1870–1900), the time of the robber baron millionaires John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and Cornelius Vanderbilt...

landed barons, who mowed down innocent victims in order to put an end to the struggle of the peasants for liberation from the servitude of feudalism. The...