serfage
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We have had to examine its classes or divisions in their relation to freedom, personal slavery, and praedial serfage.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Paul Vinogradoff
They revived Old-World objections, which, to one acquainted with the most every-day workings of serfage, were ridiculous.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 by Various
If we compare the development of serfage in Russia and in Western Europe, we find very many points in common, but in Russia the movement had certain peculiarities.
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
Would not every dog-brother of them be better at home, working his serfage peaceably for his land?
From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
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