Serfdom
Serfdom Costumes of Slaves or Serfs, from the Sixth to the Twelfth Centuries ... laborer who is bound to the land. Serfs formed the lowest social class of the feudal society. Serfs differed from slaves in that serfs were not property themselves and could not ... worked. Serfdom is the forced labour of serfs, on the fields of the privileged ...
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Talk:Transylvania
... of the Three Nations), in which the serfs (including the vast majority of Romanians) were ... just what is this ? when were the serfs included in a political system in Transylvania ... of nobles" and exclude the "nation of serfs" ? Scott Moore, you are simply copy-pasting ... saxons and szeklers excluded the nation of serfs that included the vast majority of romanians ... make-up was: - 75% Romanians (60% Romanian serfs; 15% Romanian free peasants-mostly highlanders ...
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Talk:Slavery in antiquity
Talk:Slavery in antiquity Serfs Please do not use the term serf ... the helots and penestae were analogous to serfs, and if so, how closely, is extremely ... him as evidence that the hellots were serfs and as such distinct from slaves because ... that he draws attention to is that serfs (hellots) rebelled and slaves didn't. That ... explain his reasons. A 'were the hellots serfs of mere slaves?' section, would be ...
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Romania in the Middle Ages
... feudalism expanded and the nobles stiffened the serfs' obligations. The serfs resented the higher payments; some fled the ... gradually imposed even tougher terms on their serfs. In 1437, for example, each serf had ... at harvest time without compensation; by 1514 serfs had to work for their lord one ... Hungarian nobles enacted laws that condemned the serfs to eternal bondage and increased their ...
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Talk:Douloi
... and points to a separate article for serfs. Serfs are people that cannot be sold away form their land. Serfs are a separate category, so they obviously ... was not exactly what we call "property". Serfs are also a "property" like douloi are, but serfs do have a separate article. Why ...
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Talk:Russian serfdom
... in the English sense of the word. Serfs were much closer to slavery, tied to ... this difference is that after emancipation, the serfs are referred to as peasants, making the ... last translation to be very vague. Russian serfs had the legal status of property, although ... collected a 1/10 fee from the serfs' plots. Thus, even while working for the lord, the serfs were required to provide for themselves ...
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User talk:Bogdangiusca/Archive9
... and by the fact that they were serfs. Their serfdom and, thus, not-really-there ... given...by the fact that they were serfs..." is not quite illuminating for an English ... concerned, people of all origin could be serfs. However, some Catholics were serfs, as opposed to all Orthodox being serfs (by law). The identity was exclusively ...
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Talk:History of Romania
... and by the fact that they were serfs. Their serfdom and, thus, not-really-there ... given...by the fact that they were serfs..." is not quite illuminating for an English ... concerned, people of all origin could be serfs. However, some Catholics were serfs, as opposed to all Orthodox being serfs (by law). The identity was exclusively ...
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Talk:Székely
... Hungarians, Szeklers and Germans) and oppressed Romanian serfs. Most Hungarians also belonged to the class of serfs rather than to the nobility (which is ... UTN because they were Romanians ... They were serfs just like the vast majority of Magyars ... 60-70,000 Romanians + 120,000 Magyars serfs formed this social class). These Magyar serfs were also "excluded" ... In fact this ...
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Russian history, 1855-1892
... underdeveloped, remained in the hands of former serfs and former state peasants, who together constituted ... emancipation of about 20 million privately held serfs. Local commissions, which were dominated by landlords ... giving land and limited freedom to the serfs. The former serfs usually remained in the village commune, but ... years. The government compensated former owners of serfs by issuing them bonds. The regime ...
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