villenage
feudalism
Also known as: villeinage, villenagium
Learn about this topic in these articles:
unfree feudal land tenure
- In feudal land tenure
…type of unfree tenancy was villenage, initially a modified form of servitude. Whereas the mark of free tenants was that their services were always predetermined, in unfree tenure they were not; the unfree tenant never knew what he might be called to do for his lord. Although at first the…
Read More