Manners, customs, and dress during the Middle Ages and during the Renaissance period (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London : Bickers and Son · leaf 47
s who were more or less dependent, formed what were called tenures. These tenures were again divided accord- ing to the position of those who occupied them : if they were possessed by free men, who took the name of vassals, they were called benefices or fiefs ; if they were let to lseti, colons, or… … Fig. 18. — Ploughmen.— Fae-simile of a Miniature in a very ancient Anglo-Saxon Manuscript published by Shaw, with legend " God Spede ye Plough, and send us Korno enow." limited power. The colon only served the land, whilst the laoti, whether agriculturists or servants, served both the land and the…
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