villeinage
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Their inhabitants, in spite of ascetic regulations, found that life was none so hard—at least in comparison with that of serfdom or villeinage; luxuries were not less available than to the laity.
From England under the Tudors by Arthur D. (Arthur Donald) Innes
But besides what belonged thus exclusively to the lord of the manor, there was a great deal more that was legally described as held in villeinage.
From Mediaeval Socialism by Bede Jarrett
One of your most illustrious judges, who was also a profound and philosophical historian, has said "that villeinage was not abolished, but went into decay in England."
From Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject by E. N. Elliott
The king or the prince who is enslaved by his conscience oweth the duties of villeinage to the worst and hardest of masters.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 by Various
By these provisions both villeinage or land-serfdom and the slavery of debtor classes to capital were to be prevented in the new nation.
From The Right and Wrong Uses of the Bible by R. Heber Newton
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