villenage

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In the reign of Edward IV., however, it was held that a tenant in villenage had an action of trespass against the lord.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" by Various

The services of villenage were gradually rendered less onerous and uncertain.

From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Hallam, Henry

From henceforward we find little notice taken of villenage in parliamentary records, and there seems to have been a rapid tendency to its entire abolition.

From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Hallam, Henry

And thus it will be found in the history of nations, that, whenever population has reached that density in the temperate zones, serfdom, villenage, or slavery, whatever it has been called, has disappeared.

From The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government by Davis, Jefferson

Serfdom and villenage, distinctive features of, i. 197-200.

From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Hallam, Henry