serfdoms
Peasant labor systems
Serfdoms is the plural of serfdom, the medieval system in which peasants were bound to land owned by lords, obligated to work it and unable to leave without permission.
The term extends to any condition of servitude or oppressive subjugation: The workers described their situation as one of corporate serfdoms, trapped by debt and circumstance.
Medieval estate labor system
- vassalageSubordination to a lord
- bondageInvoluntary subjugation to another
- fiefdomsTerritories under feudal lords
- peasantryRural working class
lords · villeinage · tenure · demesne · tithe · feudalism · nobility · estates
Forcing into submission
- enslavementForced human ownership
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- dominationSupreme authority held
- bondageInvoluntary subjugation to another
tyranny · oppression · captivity · subjection · yoke · chains · unfreedom · coercion
Eastern Slavic language
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- abolitionFormal discontinuation of practice
- peasantsLow-ranking agricultural workers
- tsaristOf Russian emperors
manorial · agrarian · landlords · reform · liberation · czarist · estates · landed gentry
manorialism
Medieval estate labor system
- vassalageSubordination to a lord
- bondageInvoluntary subjugation to another
- fiefdomsTerritories under feudal lords
peasantry · lords · villeinage · tenure · demesne · tithe · feudalism · nobility · estates · landholding
subjugation
Forcing into submission
- enslavementForced human ownership
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- dominationSupreme authority held
bondage · tyranny · oppression · captivity · subjection · yoke · chains · unfreedom · coercion · forced labor
Russian
Eastern Slavic language
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- abolitionFormal discontinuation of practice
- peasantsLow-ranking agricultural workers
tsarist · manorial · agrarian · landlords · reform · liberation · czarist · estates · landed gentry · agricultural
serfdomsfreedoms
Rights to act unhindered
liberties · emancipation · manumission · citizenship · enfranchisement
serfdomsland ownership
Possessing property rights
freeholds · freehold · yeomanry · proprietorship · smallholding
serfdomsdemocracies
Governments elected by people
republics · egalitarianism · abolition · social equality · meritocracies