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Page 12
... Serfs . - § 2 . Mitigating Influences : The Church , Custom , Economic Forces , Emi- gration . § 3. Hardships and Rebellions : The White Hoods , the Pastoureaux , the Jacquerie . - § 4. Waning of Serfhood : Rural Char- ters , Growth of ...
... Serfs . - § 2 . Mitigating Influences : The Church , Custom , Economic Forces , Emi- gration . § 3. Hardships and Rebellions : The White Hoods , the Pastoureaux , the Jacquerie . - § 4. Waning of Serfhood : Rural Char- ters , Growth of ...
Page 94
... , prototype of the mediaval serf , was attached to the soil , and went with the estate . In the cities the substance of municipal power had passed from the local magistrates to the curatores appointed by the 94 ANTIQUITY AND THE DARK AGES.
... , prototype of the mediaval serf , was attached to the soil , and went with the estate . In the cities the substance of municipal power had passed from the local magistrates to the curatores appointed by the 94 ANTIQUITY AND THE DARK AGES.
Page 113
... serfs ; they left the hardest work to lay brethren held in a position of inferiority . The laity did not take to heart the lesson that Christianity attempted to teach . The feudal aristocrat - and his Catholic de- scendant to - day ...
... serfs ; they left the hardest work to lay brethren held in a position of inferiority . The laity did not take to heart the lesson that Christianity attempted to teach . The feudal aristocrat - and his Catholic de- scendant to - day ...
Page 114
... serfs with less humanity than a Roman stoic would have shown . The dignity of labour was taught , but it was taught in vain . The cruel gladia- torial games disappeared : but the horrors of private war , persecutions , and judicial ...
... serfs with less humanity than a Roman stoic would have shown . The dignity of labour was taught , but it was taught in vain . The cruel gladia- torial games disappeared : but the horrors of private war , persecutions , and judicial ...
Page 216
... serfs form the manorial system . The manorial system answers to Guizot's definition of feudalism , i.e. the confusion of authority and property ; but it does not fully cover the other element : the granting out of property as a reward ...
... serfs form the manorial system . The manorial system answers to Guizot's definition of feudalism , i.e. the confusion of authority and property ; but it does not fully cover the other element : the granting out of property as a reward ...
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