These were "new men" outside the feudal structure, living on the peripheries of the established order.
Even its place in the then dominant feudal structure did not change.
In many cases the owners established a nearly feudal structure of control exercising near absolute authority over the towns and their residents.
The feudal structure, which was largely intact until the 1950s 1960's, has disappeared hastened by the ethnic conflict.
The feudal structures in Germany, too, were soon swept away.
These tightly controlled commercial pyramids were the true heirs to the old feudal structures.
In reality, the whole feudal structure was a patchwork of smaller land holders.
Each region has its own ruling elite in a feudal structure.
In the feudal social structure of the time, appealing was strictly forbidden.
The new governments were organized along a feudal structure, with American terms adapting to describe medieval concepts.