villainage
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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This being so, we may expect to find some traces of the gradual spread of serfdom in the subdivisions of that comprehensive class called villainage.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul
Freemen holding in villainage and born villains get mixed up under the same names.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul
I have had to speak of prescription as a source of villainage.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul
Altogether, the study of rural work and rents leads to the same conclusion as the analysis of the legal characteristics of villainage.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul
Our survivals of the state of things before the Conquest group themselves naturally in one direction, they are manifestations of the free element which went into the constitution of villainage.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul
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