villein
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The Villein Without the towns progress was far slower and more fitful.
From History of the English People, Volume I Early England, 449-1071; Foreign Kings, 1071-1204; The Charter, 1204-1216 by Green, John Richard
After the Norman invasion the name of Villein, a person attached to the villa, was given to the serfs.
From Landholding in England by Fisher, Joseph, the younger, of Youghal
What samurai youth has not heard of "Great Valor" and the "Valor of a Villein?"
From Bushido, the Soul of Japan by Nitobe, Inazo
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Medieval Europe - Introductory
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