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villeinage

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vil·lein·age also vil·lain·age  (vl-nj)
n.
1. The legal status or condition of a villein.
2. The legal tenure by which a villein held land.
villeinage, villainage [ˈvɪlənɪdʒ]
n (in medieval Europe)
1. (Historical Terms) the status and condition of a villein
2. (Historical Terms) the tenure by which a villein held his land
villeinage
the type of tenure under which a villein held his land. Also called villanage.
See also: Property and Ownership
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Noun1.villeinage - the legal status or condition of servitude of a villein or feudal serf
villainage
legal status - a status defined by law
servitude - state of subjection to an owner or master or forced labor imposed as punishment; "penal servitude"
2.villeinage - tenure by which a villein held land
land tenure, tenure - the right to hold property; part of an ancient hierarchical system of holding lands
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The book's failure to connect the variable narrative of ethnological geohumoralism to that of the equally erratic narrative of English slavery before the slave trade (in the sixteenth century transitions from villeinage to indentured servitude and apprenticeship)--and which has the unfortunate effect of confirming the contemporary fallacy of believing that the slave trade sprang up full-grown in the later seventeenth century--weakens the effectiveness of its argument.
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Somerset's lawyers argued that the ancient practice of villeinage (serfdom) had died out because the English despised it, and that permitting its return in the form of African slavery corrupted the people of England.
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On the 14th Richard agreed to the demands, which included a general pardon, abolition of villeinage, liberty to trade and the fixing of land rent at four pence per acre.
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