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IOTL feudalism was abolished in France as one of the first acts of the National Assembly and the Revolutionary/Napoleonic wars abolished feudalism in much of the rest of Europe. With the restoration it came back in many places, but the clock could not be turned back - the peasantry had tasted freedom and demanded it, through further revolutions if needed. Despite this, serfdom and then sharecropping (which often included serfdom like duties) hung on for a long time.

But what if the French Revolution takes a different course? Imagine no American precedent, the harvests are better, the monarchy has less scandals, the salons are closed down 20 years earlier, Louis XVI doesn't restore the parlements etc. Whatever political disturbances happen, they are far less ideological, The concessions are moderate and seen to be granted by the King, the monarchy's legitimacy is not that challenged, and it is all kept within France's borders.

My question is what happens to feudalism across the continent over the next century. How long does it last? Could we see more places hanging on as long as Bosnia (WWI) or even longer?
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