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Originally Posted by ravenfish
I think there is a parallel structure. A bishop or lord mayor can probably be considered to have moderate social status without having any feudal rank. Moreover, a miscellaneous unlanded son of nobility can have the social perquisites of status without having any retinue to command via feudal rank.
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Chartered towns and the church are examples of what I meant by heirarchies within the society. But they are not parallel to the overall social structure of feudalism.