The Retainer Class in Agrarian Societies

question 49

Multiple Choice

The retainer class in agrarian societies:

• A) carried out the routine work necessary for getting the economic surplus into the hands of the ruler and governing classes
• B) was composed of persons of widely varying privilege and social status
• C) tended, on average, to share to a significant extent in the benefits of the wealth controlled by their employers
• D) all of these

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