From: ANDOVER@delphi.com
Date: Wed 03 Jul 1996 - 20:05:45 EEST
Mike Cule writes
And even press-gang conscription needs a
powerful central state to terrify the locals and prevent the uprisings that
otherwise will follow
But the press-gang conscription engaged in by navies around the world until
There is a related form of forced "recruitment." Janissaries in the RW,
the 19th century existed in many countries that did not have a strong
central government. For example, the central government in Britain was
not particularly strong in the 17th & 18th centuries.
red-haired Pentans in the Lunar Empire. Are there any other Gloranthan
examples of tribute in the form of people? (Tribute in the form of
required labor is, of course, a comonplace of both the RW and Glorantha).
Jim Chapin
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