Editing Thuringii (section)

==Social history==
The Thuringian nobility, which had an admixture of Frankish, Thuringian, and Saxon blood, was not as [[landed nobility|landed]] as that of [[Francia]]. There was also a larger population of free peasant farmers than in Francia, though there was still a large number of [[serf]]s. The obligations of serfs there were also generally less oppressive. There were also fewer clergymen before [[Boniface]] came. There was a small number of artisans and merchants, mostly trading with the Slavs to the east. The town of Erfurt was the easternmost trading post in Frankish territory at the time.