The whole medieval times were like that, entire Europe with more or less inside that spectrum.
Yeah, this podcast talks about that, how that Europe was basically stateless from about the fall of Rome in the 5th century until about the 15th or 16th century. I haven't read up on the anarchy in Ireland, but I'm thinking they probably had more freedom than the rest of Europe with it's many lords and serfs. nostr:nevent1qqswmgqvnz9ahn2mqqvmxlwfacdsxj6amn4nqhvrlue53jqx8x8z6dqprpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezuendwsh8w6t69e3xj730qgszxtl3q9c90dpwx9eqxugl956t2sar3cp4eze6m2ykd45zxgfyjysrqsqqqqqp3edckm