villenage

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L. angaria service to a lord, villenage, fr. anga??us,

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

Serfdom and villenage, distinctive features of, i. 197-200.

From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Hallam, Henry

From henceforward we find little notice taken of villenage in parliamentary records, and there seems to have been a rapid tendency to its entire abolition.

From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Hallam, Henry

The villenage tenant of it was an astrarius.

From Notes and Queries, Number 19, March 9, 1850 by Various

The condition of villenage, at least in later times, was perfectly relative; it formed no distinct order in the political economy.

From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Hallam, Henry