villainage
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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The law of villainage must not be constructed either on the assumption of slavery, or on that of liberty, or on that of colonatus or ascription.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul
It is only the contrast between villainage and holding by charter that comes out strongly.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul
It does not even mean that the hundredors were necessarily holding in villainage: small freeholders may have appeared among them.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul
The law writers are trying hard to give a construction of villainage on the basis of the Roman doctrine of slavery, but their fabric gives way at every point.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul
But still the fundamental notion of free men holding117 in villainage gets lost sight of.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul
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