Medieval Times in Lyndhurst is fun, but we spent $200 on plastic swords and "royalty packages.'' ... We may have bought the royalty package, but by the time we left, we were broke as serfs.

Have you ever been curious about the rights of the serfs and wenches who serve you your half-chicken and soup at Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament? Perhaps you have spent a ponderous afternoon ...

Meng Guanglin: Based on the above statements, the feudal serf system under the integration of religion and politics was an even darker and crueler system than European serfdom in the Middle Ages.

The Movement for the Emancipation of Serfs in Russia. Share full article. Jan. 3, 1859. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from January 3, 1859, Page 2 ...