ants ▁obtained ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁former ▁common ▁land , ▁while ▁the ▁rural ▁pro let ariat ▁was ▁left ▁without ▁land ; ▁many ▁left ▁for ▁the ▁cities ▁or ▁America . ▁Meanwhile , ▁the ▁division ▁of ▁the ▁common ▁land ▁served ▁as ▁a ▁buffer ▁pres erving ▁social ▁peace ▁between ▁nobles ▁and ▁pe as ants . ▁East ▁of ▁the ▁El be ▁River , ▁the ▁J unker ▁class ▁maintained ▁large ▁est ates ▁and ▁mon opol ized ▁political ▁power . ▁ ▁The ▁er adic ation ▁of ▁the ▁fe ud al ▁system ▁marks ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁an ▁era ▁of ▁rapid ▁change ▁in ▁Europe . ▁The ▁change ▁in ▁status ▁following ▁the ▁en closure ▁movements ▁beginning ▁in ▁the ▁later ▁ 1 8 th ▁century , ▁in ▁which ▁various ▁l ords ▁abandoned ▁the ▁open ▁field ▁far ming ▁of ▁previous ▁centuries ▁and , ▁essentially , ▁took ▁all ▁the ▁best ▁land ▁for ▁themselves ▁in ▁exchange ▁for ▁" free ing " ▁their ▁ser fs , ▁may ▁well ▁have ▁made ▁ser f dom ▁seem ▁more ▁des irable ▁to ▁many ▁pe asant ▁families . ▁ ▁In ▁his ▁book ▁Das ▁Kap ital , ▁in ▁Chapter ▁ 2 6 ▁entitled ▁" The ▁Secret ▁of ▁Prim itive ▁Acc um ulation " ▁and ▁Chapter ▁ 2 7 , ▁" Ex prop ri ation ▁of ▁the ▁Agricult ural ▁Population ▁from ▁the ▁Land ", ▁Marx ▁claimed ▁that ▁the ▁fe ud al ▁relationships ▁of ▁ser f dom ▁were ▁viol ently ▁transformed ▁into ▁private ▁property ▁and ▁free ▁labour : ▁free ▁of ▁possession ▁and ▁free ▁to ▁sell ▁their ▁labour ▁force ▁on ▁the ▁market . ▁Being ▁liber ated ▁from