Comparison in Old social structure South-Slavs (other Slavs) to Lithunians (Sebri,Siabry) other IE.
I am interested in the social structures and their interpretations ,particularly about the groups mentioned above and IE people in general,if anyone can contribute you're welcome,likewise if i made mistake somewhere please feel free to correct me.I wrote all this in a hurry.
I found the same name of medieval social structure from South Slavs(Serbs) and Lithuanians(some East Slavs).
1.Grand duchy of Lithuania
Siabry - a category of people, jointly owned and used the arable land, fishing grounds, the means of production.There were mainly in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, mentioned in the Statute as amended in 1529.
Siabry could be peasants, clergy and merchants.
With the strengthening of feudal exploitation and development of monetary relations land of Siabry gradually turned into a homestead-hereditary. In Ukraine and Belarus remains of siabry land (communal use of meadows, pastures) was maintained until the beginning of XX century.
Siabry in the XIV-XVI centuries were also called peasants of Pskov region and the Novgorod region, jointly owned cropland or pasture and grasslands.
What was the other orders and classes except the boyars(warriors)shared among all Slavs and Balts perhaps? in grand duchy of Lithuania i found interpretations in other languages?
In Belorussian the said word come to mean a friend?
2.Medieval Serbian state
As a social class in medieval Serbia, Sebri clearly stand out from the time of King Milutin (1282-1321). Then the Serbian society was divided into great nobility, middle men and Sebri.
The Sebri was the lower-half social class, commoners, of the medieval Serbian state. The status of the groups comprising the class was regulated in medieval code of laws, such as Dušan's Code (1349). It included several groups, mainly divided into:
The meropsi or merophe dependent farmers.Other terms included zemljanin ("earthen [man]", from zemlja, "land"), Srbljin (from the Serb ethnonym), or zemljani ljudi ("earthen folk").They served either the ruler, the church, or nobility.Medieval sources allows for understanding the legal position of the church's meropsi, while that of the ruler's and nobility's meropsi is deemed insufficient.The fact that there were three groups implies that their status was not identical, however, it has been established that their status did essentially not differ.
The Vlasi (Vlachs) or pastiri (пастири), dependent shepherds.The multitude and likely prevalence of Vlachs among the shepherds made the term "Vlachs" a synonym for shepherds, similarly as the term Srbljin was sporadically used for farmers.The status of the vlasi was basically equal to the meropsi.
The otroci (отроци), a type of medieval slaves.This group was closest to having complete deprivation of rights,similar to slaves (robovi), although this has for long and persistently been disputed in scholarship.The lord could free his otroci from that status, which points to similarity with slave status.
The dependent (or rural) craftsmen and sokalnici (сокалници).The craftsmen and sokalnici had a special status, which is unclarified from available sources.
Partially also the rural clergy.
3.In Russia we found the social structure of Smerd and Krestiani(Christians) used for farmers and rural inhabitants similar social structure to the mention above.
I am interested in the social structures and their interpretations ,particularly about the groups mentioned above and IE people in general,if anyone can contribute you're welcome,likewise if i made mistake somewhere please feel free to correct me.I wrote all this in a hurry.
I found the same name of medieval social structure from South Slavs(Serbs) and Lithuanians(some East Slavs).
1.Grand duchy of Lithuania
Siabry - a category of people, jointly owned and used the arable land, fishing grounds, the means of production.There were mainly in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, mentioned in the Statute as amended in 1529.
Siabry could be peasants, clergy and merchants.
With the strengthening of feudal exploitation and development of monetary relations land of Siabry gradually turned into a homestead-hereditary. In Ukraine and Belarus remains of siabry land (communal use of meadows, pastures) was maintained until the beginning of XX century.
Siabry in the XIV-XVI centuries were also called peasants of Pskov region and the Novgorod region, jointly owned cropland or pasture and grasslands.
What was the other orders and classes except the boyars(warriors)shared among all Slavs and Balts perhaps? in grand duchy of Lithuania i found interpretations in other languages?
In Belorussian the said word come to mean a friend?
2.Medieval Serbian state
As a social class in medieval Serbia, Sebri clearly stand out from the time of King Milutin (1282-1321). Then the Serbian society was divided into great nobility, middle men and Sebri.
The Sebri was the lower-half social class, commoners, of the medieval Serbian state. The status of the groups comprising the class was regulated in medieval code of laws, such as Dušan's Code (1349). It included several groups, mainly divided into:
The meropsi or merophe dependent farmers.Other terms included zemljanin ("earthen [man]", from zemlja, "land"), Srbljin (from the Serb ethnonym), or zemljani ljudi ("earthen folk").They served either the ruler, the church, or nobility.Medieval sources allows for understanding the legal position of the church's meropsi, while that of the ruler's and nobility's meropsi is deemed insufficient.The fact that there were three groups implies that their status was not identical, however, it has been established that their status did essentially not differ.
The Vlasi (Vlachs) or pastiri (пастири), dependent shepherds.The multitude and likely prevalence of Vlachs among the shepherds made the term "Vlachs" a synonym for shepherds, similarly as the term Srbljin was sporadically used for farmers.The status of the vlasi was basically equal to the meropsi.
The otroci (отроци), a type of medieval slaves.This group was closest to having complete deprivation of rights,similar to slaves (robovi), although this has for long and persistently been disputed in scholarship.The lord could free his otroci from that status, which points to similarity with slave status.
The dependent (or rural) craftsmen and sokalnici (сокалници).The craftsmen and sokalnici had a special status, which is unclarified from available sources.
Partially also the rural clergy.
3.In Russia we found the social structure of Smerd and Krestiani(Christians) used for farmers and rural inhabitants similar social structure to the mention above.
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