serfage
Example Sentences
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A crowd of rustics, maddened at the thought of revived claims of serfage, of interminable suits of law, poured into the streets of the town.
From History of the English People, Volume II The Charter, 1216-1307; The Parliament, 1307-1400 by John Richard Green
Rural serfage was maintained, which proves that the revolution had been directed by the burghers, and for their own profit.
From Life of St. Francis of Assisi by Louise Seymour Houghton
In the geographical distribution of serfage we can see reflected the origin and history of the institution.
From Russia by Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace
A freeman might deliver himself to serfage by putting a leathern thong upon his neck.
From Legal Lore Curiosities of Law and Lawyers by Various
The rural tenants found themselves in a mesh of legal claims—old services revived, old dues enforced, endless suits in the King's courts grinding them again to serfage.
From Stray Studies from England and Italy by John Richard Greene
