villeinage
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A plea had been set up that villeinage had never been abolished by law in England; ergo, the possession of slaves was not illegal.
From Toronto of Old by Henry Scadding
It is noteworthy that some chose one alternative, some the other, not finding villeinage intolerable.
From Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln A Short Story of One of the Makers of Mediaeval England by Charles L. (Charles Latimer) Marson
But when villeinage ceased, various and opposite courses seemed to have been pursued in different boroughs.
From The Constitutional History of England from 1760 to 1860 by Charles Duke Yonge
For one thing, the poll-tax was stopped, and the end of villeinage was hastened.
From The Rise of the Democracy by Joseph Clayton
The Suppression of the Revolt.—The boy-king met the mob at Mile-End, and promised to abolish villeinage in England.
From A Student's History of England, v. 1 (of 3) From the earliest times to the Death of King Edward VII by Samuel Rawson Gardiner
