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From Servitude to Freedom : Manumission in the Senonais in the Thirteenth Century / William Chester Jordan.
De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jordan, William Chester, Author.
- Series:
- Anniversary Collection
- The Middle Ages Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Saint-Pierre-le-Vif (Monastery : Sens-sur-Yonne, France)--History.
- Saint-Pierre-le-Vif (Monastery : Sens-sur-Yonne, France).
- Enslaved persons--Emancipation--France--Yonne--History.
- Enslaved persons.
- Yonne (France)--History.
- Yonne (France).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (152 p.) : 2 illus.
- Edition:
- Reprint 2016
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Manumission--the freeing of serfs--was of major significance to medieval French society. William Chester Jordan studies the causes and consequences of the movement.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. Historiography and Sources
- 2. Status and Manumission in the Sénonais
- 3. The Struggle for Freedom of the Dependents of the Abbey of Saint-Pierre-le-Vif of Sens
- 4. Arranging to Pay
- 5. Residual Problems
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2020)
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781512805314
- 1512805319
- OCLC:
- 979905861
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