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The sordid phases of seigneurialism dropped into the background.

From Crusaders of New France A Chronicle of the Fleur-de-Lis in the Wilderness Chronicles of America, Volume 4 by Munro, William Bennett

The people in general, whatever their attitude towards seigneurialism, were familiar with no other system of landholding.

From The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism by Munro, William Bennett

It was only when the administration of the country came into new and alien hands that Canadian seigneurialism became a barrier to economic progress and an obsolete system which had to be abolished.

From Crusaders of New France A Chronicle of the Fleur-de-Lis in the Wilderness Chronicles of America, Volume 4 by Munro, William Bennett