villeinage
Example Sentences
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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
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
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 William Graham Sumner
Yea," said he, "that wot I well, that these are of the kin of the daughters of the horse-leech; but how shall they slake their greed, seeing that as thou sayest villeinage shall be gone?
From A Dream of John Ball; and, a king's lesson by William Morris
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
