villenage
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To people imbued with ideas of feudalism the way of escape from villenage seemed to be not independence, but a new reversion to it.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" by Various
The tenements held in villenage of the lord of a manor, at least where they consisted of a messuage or dwelling-house, are often called astra in our older books and court-rolls.
From Notes and Queries, Number 19, March 9, 1850 by Various
Subjection -- N. subjection; dependence, dependency; subordination; thrall, thralldom, thraldom, enthrallment, subjugation, bondage, serfdom; feudalism, feudality†; vassalage, villenage; slavery, enslavement, involuntary servitude; conquest. service; servitude, servitorship†; tendence†, employ, tutelage, clientship†; liability &c.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget
But the germs of freedom did not die, for villenage in Normandy was lighter, and60 ceased far sooner, than in the rest of France.
From The Story of Rouen by Sir Theodore Andrea Cook
In the reign of Edward IV., however, it was held that a tenant in villenage had an action of trespass against the lord.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" by Various
