villeinage
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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
The rebels at first demanded no more than that Richard should declare villeinage abolished, and that all feudal dues and services should be commuted for a rent of fourpence an acre.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History by Various
It is not necessary for us further to notice the existence of villeinage or slavery in these kingdoms.
From Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. by Charles Knight
The facts are all against them; these showing it a scheme of villeinage, more oppressive than the European serfdom of the Middle Ages.
From The Death Shot A Story Retold by Mayne Reid
The villeinage into which the peasants had been thrust back could not, indeed, endure long, because service unwillingly rendered is too expensive to be maintained.
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
