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Villeinage

noun
1.
The legal status or condition of servitude of a villein or feudal serf.  Synonym: villainage.
2.
Tenure by which a villein held land.





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... on the security of the body was itself sufficient to produce a vast improvement in the character and condition of the poorer population,—a result which seems to have been so sensibly obtained from the legislation of Solon, that Boeckh and some other eminent authors suppose him to have abolished villeinage and conferred upon the poor tenants a property in their lands, annulling the seigniorial rights of the landlord. But this opinion rests upon no positive evidence, nor are we warranted in ascribing to him any stronger measure in reference to the land than the ...
— The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 1 • Various


Words linked to "Villeinage" :   tenure, servitude, land tenure, legal status


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