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Villein
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Villein
A Norman term for tenant who was not free, but held his land, usually a virgate, in return for his labour in the Lord of the Manor's demesne.
Found op http://www.mdlp.co.uk/genweb/glossary.htm
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Villein
Ancient Measurement Terms: Wealthiest class of peasant. They usually cultivated 20-40 acres of land, often in isolated strips.
Found op http://www.hemyockcastle.co.uk/measure.htm
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villein
A peasant who, under the feudal system of land tenure that prevailed in Europe in the Middle Ages, gave dues and services to a lord in exchange for land. Villeins were not slav... Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688
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Villein
Vil'lein noun (Feudal Law) See Villain , 1. Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/V/25
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Villein
• (n.) See Villain, 1. Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/villein/
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villein
villein (vil'un) [O.Fr.,=village dweller], peasant under the manorial system of medieval Western Europe. The term applies especially to serfs in England, where by the 13th cent. the entire unfree peasant population came to be called villein. The localism of medieval economy has made a general de... Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0850914.html
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Villein
In France: a rural or urban non-noble. A rural free-man in England: a peasant with enough land to support his family. Engl. law. A species of slave during the feudal times.' The feudal villein of the lowest order was unprotected as to property, and subjected to the post ignoble services; but his cir... Found op http://www.lectlaw.com/def2/u036.htm
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villein
A peasant who, under the feudal system of land tenure that prevailed in Europe in the Middle Ages, gave dues and services to a lord in exchange for land. Villeins were not slaves, and were named as freemen and freewomen in medieval documents, but they were not free. They and their land and possessio... Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0015753.html
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Villein
An unfree peasant, legally and socially tied to their lord's land. Found op http://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/A_Magical_Medieval_City_Guide_%28DnD_Other%29/
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Villein
[feudal] Villein (pronounced "vill-ain") was the term used in the feudal era to denote a peasant (tenant farmer) who was legally tied to the land he worked on. An alternative term is serf (from Latin servus = "slave"). A villein could not leave the land without the landowner`s consent. Ville... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villein_(feudal)
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villein
1) Helot 2) Serf 3) Thrall Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/villein/1
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