In the past, a certain misconception sometimes led to the mistranslation of "<answer>szlachta</answer>" as "gentry" rather than "nobility".:206 :xvi This mistaken practice began due to the economic status of some <answer>szlachta</answer> members being inferior to that of the nobility in other European countries (see also Estates of the Realm regarding wealth and nobility). The <answer>szlachta</answer> included those almost rich and powerful enough to be magnates down to rascals with a noble lineage, no land, no castle, no money, no village, and no peasants.:xvi
Who was inferior of the other, European countries or szlachta?
szlachta