I just read a part of State and Revolution where Lenin references that a standing army and a bureaucracy are distinct developments of bourgeois revolutions and it made me realize that I don’t know much about how feudal (or semi-feudal) society functioned. I’d much appreciate if anyone could suggest me materials on this topic so I don’t have to just take several European history classes haha
Friedrich Engels, Origin of the Family,Private Property, and the State
https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/download/pdf/origin_family.pdf