Chapter 0147: A Major Work in Sociology

Anyone engaged in technical civilian work other than farming was called a craftsman.

Craftsmen, relying on their own skills, ran their own shops and could be called artisans. Therefore, most artisans were freemen while most craftsmen were serfs.

In Liszt's understanding, these people, if given time to develop and manage their businesses independently, would become the bourgeoisie. However, based on his knowledge of Different World's society, craftsmen evolving into capitalists was temporarily impossible, as Nobles wouldn't allow it.

If one were to refer to medieval Europe on Earth,

With the progression of the industrial revolution, artisans who mastered the means of production either accumulated these means and evolved into capitalists or lost them and became workers.

Here, craftsmen had existed for a very long time, and they were still craftsmen.