Information AboutVillein |
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They might own a small piece of land, but lived by day labour and unpredictable work doing odd-jobs including herding cows, crop harvesting and planting, ditch digging, message carrying, any kind of seasonal or day-labour type job. The word, identical in origin to Villain , derived from the Latin ''villanus'', pertaining to the landed estate or ''villa''. A variety of kinds of villeinage existed in the Europe an Middle Ages , and it is impossible to arrive at a precise definition which satisfies them all. SEE ALSO
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