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... land without pay ; the rest of the time they might spend on the land he had assigned to them for their own use . One of the great social changes of the middle ages was that many of the villeins became free laborers or small farmers ...
... land without pay ; the rest of the time they might spend on the land he had assigned to them for their own use . One of the great social changes of the middle ages was that many of the villeins became free laborers or small farmers ...
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... land and become hired laborers . The more prosper- ous type of tenant farmer , able to take land - often for long periods on a leasehold , bettered his condition ; but the hired helper became duller and more stolid than his more ...
... land and become hired laborers . The more prosper- ous type of tenant farmer , able to take land - often for long periods on a leasehold , bettered his condition ; but the hired helper became duller and more stolid than his more ...
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... land . A gentleman , not being supposed to engage in trade or a gainful occupation , looked to land rentals for his income . There- fore the ambition was strong to gain possession of a landed estate , and once such was established , to ...
... land . A gentleman , not being supposed to engage in trade or a gainful occupation , looked to land rentals for his income . There- fore the ambition was strong to gain possession of a landed estate , and once such was established , to ...
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