From Servitude to Freedom: Manumission in the Sénonais in the Thirteenth Century

by William Chester Jordan

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During the thirteenth century, many great French nobles and churchmen who possessed serfs decided to grant freedom to them or at least to remove some of their disabilities. Manumission--that granting of freedom-was of major significance to medieval French society. William Chester Jordan studies the causes and consequences of the movement toward manumission by looking at the region around Sens in northern France. He supplements this regional...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0812280067

ISBN13:9780812280067

Release Date:March 1986

Publisher:University of Pennsylvania Press Anniversary

Length:160 Pages

Weight:0.75 lbs.

Dimensions:0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Grade Range:Postsecondary

Related Subjects

History Politics & Social Sciences Slavery & Emancipation Social Science Social Sciences World

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