serfage
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The question of villeinage and serfage finds no place in it.
From History of the English People, Volume III The Parliament, 1399-1461; The Monarchy 1461-1540 by John Richard Green
They are naturally a kind people; but let one example show how serfage can transmute kindness.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 by Various
We must beware of attributing this doctrine of Neifty to the Norman Conquest, which merely supplied names; in definiteness and cruelty nothing could exceed the practice of serfage under the Saxons.
From The Customs of Old England by F. J. (Frederick John) Snell
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
The story of St. Edmundsbury shows how gradual was the transition from pure serfage to an imperfect freedom.
From History of the English People, Volume I Early England, 449-1071; Foreign Kings, 1071-1204; The Charter, 1204-1216 by John Richard Green
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