MassiveStallion t1_irhotvi wrote
Reply to comment by khaddy in Did the first crusade impact significantly the war-making capacity of states like england, west and east francia? And did later crusades impose equal burdens, or was the distribution of this burden different for the 2nd and 3rd crusades? by Qazwereira
Yeah. The idea of a crime syndicate can only realistically exist in an area of laws.
If it's just kind of a no man's land like France was back then, it really is just kings and kingdoms.
Your traditional godfather style mafia family is a feudal power structure in of itself, with the Don at the top, sons as heirs and the Commission being like embassies of different kingdoms.
What makes them a mafia or criminals is that they exist inside of an existing nation with laws that outlaw them.
This is a time when 'crime' in the way we think of it honestly wasn't even a thing.
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