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Not in the majority of Europe, especially places like England or Poland which had strict restrictions on what serfs could do for hundreds of years.

Part of the reason for Britains diverse regional dialects is due to this.




That was within the country though, right? Not between countries? And this article [1] says enforcement of serfdom was localized and costly and there was de facto serf mobility.

[1] https://broadstreet.blog/2021/05/07/serfdom-the-state-and-th...




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