libertini
English translation: free peasants / yeomen
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libertines Explanation: In contextul respectiv, "libertin" este un termen care descrie o anumita clasa sociala in societatea feudala romaneasca. Reference: http://www.medievalwall.com/society/feudalism/ Reference: http://www.scribd.com/doc/177487610/Structuri-sociale-in-pri... |
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free peasants / yeomen Explanation: http://www.dexx.ro/index.php?a=term&d=Dictionar explicativ r... Ţăran liber care se putea mişca de pe o moşie pe alta http://danieldavidubb.wordpress.com/articole/page/2/ Foarte probabil, voievodul identificat în 1729 era un administrator liber (poate ţăran liber-libertin) http://library.thinkquest.org/10949/fief/lofeudal.html There was a division of the peasants into free and a type of indentured servants http://www.en.tezaur-romanesc.ro/1/category/genealogical vil... But this theory actually denies or doesn't explain the yeoman origin (the yeomen, or the free peasants organized in communal villages administered by themselves, were named „răzeși” in Moldovia, and „moşneni” in Wallachia) of this form of joint property which prevailed in the past. http://sandrapralong.eu/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Sandra-Pr... While in Western Europe the 16th century sees the abolition of serfdom and a weakening of the feudal privileges due to the cons olidation of absolute monarchies, Central and Eastern Europe witnesses the opposite: a deepening of aristocratic privileges and the creation of vast “seniorial domains” which, in turn, transform most of the ***free peasants*** into serfs http://icsumures.acad-cluj.ro/anuare/abstracte 2008.pdf Infact,the great majority of this intellectuality derived from the unprivileged socialclasses and layers (townsmen,boroughsmen, ****free peasants***,serfs -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 oră (2013-10-26 12:08:54 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/plaintexthistories.asp?h... There is an important distinction between **free peasants**(theoretically able to leave a manor at will, though economically often unable to do so) and serfs. Serfs are the descendants either of slaves who have been given a measure of freedom, or of free peasants who have accepted legal restrictions in return for the lord's protection. |
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