Robber baron

A robber baron or robber knight (German raubritter) was a feudal landowner that, seeking to alleviate their financial difficulties, recurred to banditry protected by his feud's legal status. It is a modern historiographical term based on historians' observations of the German nobility. This development is described to have occurred in the late Middle Ages and have been mainly a result of the natural economy displacement by the monetary economy. The term Raubritter was coined by Friedrich Bottschalk in 1810.

Robber baron

A robber baron or robber knight (German raubritter) was a feudal landowner that, seeking to alleviate their financial difficulties, recurred to banditry protected by his feud's legal status. It is a modern historiographical term based on historians' observations of the German nobility. This development is described to have occurred in the late Middle Ages and have been mainly a result of the natural economy displacement by the monetary economy. The term Raubritter was coined by Friedrich Bottschalk in 1810.