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What is Serfdom?
serfs where like slaves but they could leave serfdom is like slavery but the serfs could leave they just wouldn't have a place to live as they did being a serf to someones hom…e (MORE)
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What prompted the decline of serfdom?
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How did the plague contribute to the end of serfdom?
Some peasants even convinced their lords to let them pay rent rather than owing services, which freed them from serfdom.
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In Middle Ages
When did serfdom begin?
Answer Serfs (slaves) have been around for centuries. It was common practice to take men as slaves when they lost a battle or when their villages were raided. The word "serf…" is Latin for slave. In the middle ages and before pirates were often the people who were in the slave business. They sold and shipped people all over Europe. Answer Serfdom might be said to have begun with an edict by the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great in 322 AD, when free tenant farmers, called coloni, were bound to the soil they worked. They were still free, in most respects, but they were not allowed to move off the land or move to other ways of life. This was the condition of Europe when the Roman Empire fell, and it was to some degree adopted by the Germanic tribes that took over Roman territories, as many Roman practices were. The dominant power of western Europe during the following four hundred years was the kingdom, and then the empire, built by the Franks, but, aside from the reign of Charlemagne from 768 to 814 AD, it was never well centralized. Indeed, it was divided immediately on his death, and became two nations, one of which, France, though nominally centralized, was effectively under the control of a variety of local lords, and the other, the Holy Roman Empire, was never centralized at all. This further entrenched feudalism, because feudalism was a system of mutual obligation through a hierarchical system of leadership that worked fairly well in a decentralized society. (MORE)
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Who started serfdom in Russia?
Boris Godunov. A famine plagued Russia during his reign and as the peasants tried to leave the land, Godunov forced them to stay.
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Did napoleon want to abolish serfdom?
He did want to abolish it. He gain many allies in the certain areas he had.
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Why did serfdom come to an end in Europe?
There are several reasons. One would be the introduction of luxury goods (as a result of the Crusades). As luxury goods were introduced in Europe, lords and kings wanted goods… like silk and spices. Towns started to develop and coined money was reintroduced into Europe. Towns gave serfs other options in life and undermined the authority of the lords since Kings granted charters to the towns. Also, as coined money was reintroduced so the lords and kings could buy luxury goods, serfs began to sell their goods rather than exchange them for protection and land in the manor and buy their freedom. The development of natural rights, started by the Magna Carta in Europe in 1215, began to introduce ideas that undermined the basic principles of serfdom. Another reason feudalism declines in the decline of Viking raids. A period known as the Great Warming allowed Vikings to travel North and West (toward Greenland and Canada) and attack manors with less frequency. Since serfdom was based on a system of protection, if protection was no longer needed because Europe was safer than serfs rely on their manors less. Also, the Great Warming coincided with the Agricultural Revolution where surplus food was beginning to be produced. As a result of more food, people were healthier, could leave manors or sell their food to then buy freedom. By the 1800s, only Russia still has serfdom and it is outlawed by 1863. There is no single answer to this question--you may want to narrow to a part of Europe rather than Europe as a whole. (MORE)
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In Middle Ages
When did serfdom stop in middle ages?
Serfdom ended at different times in different places. Also, it was pretty much long gone by the time it was formally and legally ended in many places. And in some places, such… as Norway, Finland, and Sweden, it never really existed at all. In England and France, it was on the decline by the time the Black Death hit, and was dealt a blow by the plague. It became obsolete in England during the 14th century, but was only formally ended there by Queen Elizabeth I. It continued to exist in some parts of France, however, until the French Revolution. It was rare in Scotland after the 14th century, but was not abolished there until 1799. As it was being abandoned in western Europe, it spread through eastern Europe, and it was not abolished in Germany until 1832. The Austro-Hungarian Empire gave it up in 1848, and the Russian Empire in 1861. After that, there were still a few holdout areas, and it was not given up in Bosnia and Herzegovina until 1918. There is a link below to the section of an article on serfdom dealing with its decline. (MORE)
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What lead to the elimination of serfdom?
Pigs were flying and deer attacked the kings and knights. The people didnt like the king and the deer
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What was an economic reason for the institution of serfdom?
The answer differs depending on political and economic thought. Austrian economist would point out Nobel prize winner Frederick Hayek's work The Road to Serfdom. The main reas…on is the threat of force from others. In exchange for some security people take on the oppression of the lord. The Ludwig von Mises Institute has many free articles on the subject of economics and the relationship it has with economics. (MORE)