villeinage
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The villeinage into which the peasants had been thrust back could not, indeed, endure long, because service unwillingly rendered is too expensive to be maintained.
From A Student's History of England, v. 1 (of 3) From the earliest times to the Death of King Edward VII by Gardiner, Samuel Rawson
Husbandry land held in villeinage was inherited according to the custom of its manor as administered in the lords manorial court.
From Our Legal Heritage June 2011 (Sixth) Edition by Reilly, S. A.
The ceorls tended to sink to the position known later as villeinage.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval History by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir
Through various grades of slavery, serfdom, villeinage, and through various organizations of castes and guilds, the industrial organization has been modified and developed up to the modern system.
From What Social Classes Owe to Each Other by Sumner, William Graham
The charter that contains this enactment treats of villeinage also, and orders that whoever has a man for sale within the limits of the viscounty shall fix the price, and shall not change it afterwards.
From Two Summers in Guyenne by Barker, Edward Harrison
