serfdom

status of many peasants under feudalism
Thing general Q103350
serfdom
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serfdom

Summary

serfdom ranks in the top 0.9% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,410 views/month, #703 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • serfdom is a type of social relation[2].
  • serfdom's Commons category is recorded as Serfdom[3].
  • serfdom's said to be the same as is recorded as slave[4].
  • serfdom's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Serfdom[5].
  • serfdom's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[6].
  • serfdom's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[7].
  • serfdom's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[8].
  • serfdom's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • serfdom's described by source is recorded as Meyer’s Universum, Neunzehnter Band[10].
  • serfdom's different from is recorded as subjecthood[11].
  • serfdom's different from is recorded as Q13405597[12].
  • serfdom's history of topic is recorded as history of serfdom[13].
  • serfdom's exact match is recorded as http://data.culture.fr/thesaurus/page/ark:/67717/T1-1181[14].
  • serfdom's exact match is recorded as http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/servi-della-gleba_%28Enciclopedia-dei-ragazzi%29/[15].
  • serfdom's practiced by is recorded as serf[16].
  • serfdom's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[17].

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Definition and Type

serfdom is a type of social relation[2].

Why It Matters

serfdom ranks in the top 0.9% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,410 views/month, #703 of 77,819).[1] serfdom has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] serfdom is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as slave
    Aliases
    Topic's main category Category:Serfdom
    Subclass of
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 11203, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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