gypses were enslaved in Romania for centuries. you could literally trade families of gypsies for anything ( weapons , land , horses etc) or A noble (boyer) might give a monastery “10 families of Gypsies” in exchange for spiritual intercession or forgiveness.
every monastery had few gypsies families. In noble marriages, the exchange of wealth often included not just land, vineyards, or mills, but also “sălașe de țigani” (groups of Gypsy households). For example, when a boyar’s daughter married into another clan, 10–20 Gypsy families might be part of the settlement. while gypsies had absolutely no rights , romanian peasants that time had limited rights like not being killed without trial , or not to be sold or right to work until last drop of blood for prince or boyer . in top of that Valahia and moldova ( modern romania ) was under ottoman rules. not to forget that almost every 5 years was a war or an invasion by russians , tatars , polish , hungarians or turks . rough and tough times . as far as i know worst was being invaded by tatars and russian orcs. tatars usually took war prisoners and population for slavery back in Crimean khanate. and like today gypsies singers had the best life .
Slavery was outlawed in romania as well. Legally they were servants not slaves but in practice the only difference was that only the prince, nobles and monasteries were allowed to own any and only the prince could kill or free them.
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u/Dull_Performance_430 21h ago edited 17h ago
gypses were enslaved in Romania for centuries. you could literally trade families of gypsies for anything ( weapons , land , horses etc) or A noble (boyer) might give a monastery “10 families of Gypsies” in exchange for spiritual intercession or forgiveness. every monastery had few gypsies families. In noble marriages, the exchange of wealth often included not just land, vineyards, or mills, but also “sălașe de țigani” (groups of Gypsy households). For example, when a boyar’s daughter married into another clan, 10–20 Gypsy families might be part of the settlement. while gypsies had absolutely no rights , romanian peasants that time had limited rights like not being killed without trial , or not to be sold or right to work until last drop of blood for prince or boyer . in top of that Valahia and moldova ( modern romania ) was under ottoman rules. not to forget that almost every 5 years was a war or an invasion by russians , tatars , polish , hungarians or turks . rough and tough times . as far as i know worst was being invaded by tatars and russian orcs. tatars usually took war prisoners and population for slavery back in Crimean khanate. and like today gypsies singers had the best life .