| 单词 | serf |
| 例句 | "Indeed! With my plague! Half of Europe was decimated by the Black Death, forcing society to evolve! If not for that, you would still be digging for roots, a serf forever bound to your master." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z English were building factories, drinking tea, and organizing against the slave trade, the vast majority of Russians were serfs. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z The hungry wolf would always attack the fat reindeer, the poor man would rob the banker, the serf would make revolutions against the higher class, and the lack-penny nation would fight the rich. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s a fancy litde guardhouse on the island, like something the kings and queens in history would have built to keep out the serfs, or the Vandals, or whoever. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Nobody knows which race is which. They are all serfs, in any case.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z No fancy service ethic allowed for the serfs. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z And that is precisely where Marc’s family story begins—with Nina’s grandfather, the serf who bought his freedom from figuring out how to color beet sugar. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Americans, while occasionally willing to be serfs, have always been obstinate about being peasantry. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z And browner than a serf in summer, I swear it. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z He had begun to set a value on heads, shoulders and arms—their owners’ value, even if the owner was a serf. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The Jews were helping the nobility, but in doing so, in collecting taxes from the serfs and peasants, for example, they were building up against themselves the hatred of these oppressed classes. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Now beet sugar set an example of modern farming that helped convince Russian nobles that it was time to free their millions of serfs. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z The serf of chivalry was not a slave for whom there was no hope. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Even if the knights had little wish to kill each other on the grand scale, there was no reason why they should not kill the serfs. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The Nazis said the people of Poland would become serfs to the Germans. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Turns out that Earth is a part of the aliens’ dominion, with humans as their unwitting serfs. "Jupiter Ascending": Wachowskis in Outer Space 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z These were the serfs—effectively, if not exactly, slaves. What Do We Love About “War and Peace”? 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z Beijing and New York are both staging "The Cherry Orchard", Chekhov's final play, which describes the lives of a group of aristocrats in the wake of the serfs' liberation. 2010-01-29T19:45:00Z The Family’s most obvious advantage over their serfs and waste is the medical technology that allows for long life with virtually no sign of aging. The comic book “Lazarus” is a frightening vision of where America could be headed 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z Or as Powell puts it briskly "We weren't much better off than serfs." Maid in England 2011-08-19T21:55:04Z The sole freedom Diaghilev offered – and, being easily bored and often ruthless, he never offered it for long – was creative freedom: his artistic serfs forgave him again and again because of that. Nijinsky by Lucy Moore – review 2013-05-01T13:00:01Z As a Cro-Magnon or Russian serf or an American Indian unacquainted with Europeans, he would have faced many dangers. Books of The Times: Russell Banks?s Novel ?Lost Memory of Skin? - Review 2011-09-25T22:26:09Z Hope that means the delivery people, the kitchen staff, the cleaning staff etc - the low wage workers who are the new "serfs" in the new tech-enabled economy of instant gratification delivery to affluent people. David Chang Bets Big, Using Silicon Valley Money 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z The hero of the book, the harmless and lovable Pierre Bezukhov, owns forty thousand serfs. What Do We Love About “War and Peace”? 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z They were Old Believers, and relatively new money: Their great-grandfather was a serf who bought his freedom with his wife’s dowry of five rubles. French and Russian Art on a ‘War and Peace’ Scale 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z What inspired his cheerful contempt for the feudal barons who tussle over the Iron Throne while their serfs starve in the muck? Splinter is coming! The Game of Thrones spin-offs the world deserves 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z If you’re not in a family, you might get to be a serf if you have some value to the family. The comic book “Lazarus” is a frightening vision of where America could be headed 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z She was a popular film extra, “specializing in crowd scenes that called for gummy medieval serfs.” A Book of Cheeky Obituaries Highlights ‘Eccentric Lives’ 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z Compared to humanity as it must appear to her – as a ceaselessly fawning, simpering mob of timorous serfs – the equine species doubtless poses a bracing challenge. TV highlights 27/05/2013 2013-05-27T05:59:01Z You might begin by making an analogy to feudal landlords and their serfs. ‘Uncanny Valley’ Charts a Tech Pilgrim’s Progress 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z “Not that long ago if you were an enslaved African, or a serf in rural Russia, you were definitely not human for most of the people in power,” Akomfrah explained. An Artist Who Brings Order to Chaos 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z Most of the nicer places have two or three family members, a few dozen serfs, and no waste. The comic book “Lazarus” is a frightening vision of where America could be headed 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z Eventually the estate, with its cherry orchard, is bought by Alexander Lopakhin who is the son of a former serf. Breathing new life into Cherry Orchard 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z Alexander II’s Great Reforms of the 1860s — including the emancipation of the serfs — had not satisfied the appetites of radicals for change. The Stenographer Who Married Dostoyevsky — and Saved Him From Ruin 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z That’s why players are responding as if they were being treated not like renters, but serfs. Critic’s Notebook: Unwelcome Innovation Earns Gamers’ Jeers 2013-06-14T22:23:07Z She wants to end Russia’s wars, free its serfs, teach women to read, inoculate her subjects. Catherine Was Great. But Was She a Girl Boss? 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z Even Alexander II, the reformer czar who freed the serfs, outlawed Ukrainian books and magazines and forbade the use of the language in theaters and opera. Stalinist Crimes in Ukraine That Resonate Today 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z A week before, we had left home expecting to witness a feudal struggle of serfs against kings. Road trip to Powder Keg City: The collapse of Seattle's autonomous zone 2020-08-01T04:00:00Z Land lost its value and many serfs moved to towns and cities. For Honour and Fame: Chivalry in England 1066-1500 by Nigel Saul ? review 2011-07-22T21:55:04Z Although the heir to a vast estate with hundreds of serfs, he has lost much of his fortune through gambling. The Literati: Tolstoy’s Last Chapter 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z Any hope for the liberalization of Russia seemed to die with the czar who had freed the serfs and attempted to modernize the country. Condoleezza Rice on the 10 Days Still Shaking the World 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z So big is the gap between Moscow and the rest of the country it resembles the historical gulf between Russia's French-speaking aristocracy and its serfs. Fragile Empire: How Russia Fell In and Out of Love With Vladimir Putin by Ben Judah – review 2013-06-27T11:00:02Z Her argument is that the sense of lost chances that followed the liberation of the serfs is mirrored by the confusion of post-Soviet society. Sons Without Fathers – review 2013-04-23T18:10:00Z For the Communist Party of China, Tibetans were serfs or barbarians in need of rescue and rehabilitation, with propaganda films portraying Han cadres as liberators. Pema Tseden, Pioneering Tibetan Filmmaker, Is Dead at 53 2023-05-13T04:00:00Z Born a serf, Shevchenko spent 10 years in czarist labor camps for his patriotic poetry and association with a society of Ukrainian intellectuals. Museum features Ukrainian poet-artist Shevchenko 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z His Barge Haulers on the Volga brutally presents the miserable serfs, exhaustedly dragging a boat upstream. Searching for signs of the Soviets in St Petersburg 2016-10-22T04:00:00Z Daenerys’s snap decision to stage a gigantic open-air barbecue using the innocent serfs of King’s Landing was an injury-time character development that enraged substantial segments of Thrones fandom. A song of ice and ire: how Game of Thrones enraged its audience 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z There's a tradition of playing the former serf as a misty-eyed romantic, half in love with what he seeks to destroy. The Cherry Orchard - review 2010-10-22T20:30:00Z This book, which it is claimed influenced Tsar Alexander II's decision to emancipate the serfs in 1861, comprises vignettes of peasant life as observed by a landowning hunter much like Turgenev. A brief survey of the short story part 50: Ivan Turgenev 2013-06-21T13:42:13Z The socialistic stories, often based on historical laws and customs, revolved around Robin's efforts to protect the heavily taxed serfs and teach the well-born lessons in humanism. How Robin Hood became a socialist 2010-05-11T21:01:00Z In the wolf-hunt episode, for instance, we learn that one of the hunters purchased his prize borzoi with three families of serfs. What Do We Love About “War and Peace”? 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z This easygoing but finally toothless satire concerns Anna, a 37-year-old “cubicle serf” recently fired from a white-shoe law firm. Neil Gaiman’s ‘Ocean at the End of the Lane,’ and More 2013-06-26T18:50:28Z Earlier in the film, discussing a designer’s collection, he declares, “Eskimos were treated like the aristocrats, and the aristocrats were treated like the serfs.” Review: ‘The Gospel According to André’ Barely Scratches the Surface 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z It featured Firs, the freed serf turned servant of the Ranevskaya family, who took a century to deliver a cup of coffee to his employers. This week's new theatre 2010-10-15T23:06:00Z He dashed my hope for toughness by ancestral connection by explaining that our family had been bonded farmers, like serfs. A U.S. traveler’s urge to see Norway is all in his genes 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z He wants to buy dead “souls,” a word that in czarist Russia referred not only to immortal spirits but also to serfs. The Russian Comic Writer Who’s an Antidote to Mad Times 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z If winter is coming – again – the poor serfs of the north should start saving up for a package holiday to Dorne. Encyclopaedia Westerosa: the biggest Game of Thrones mysteries, solved 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z Catherine had to deal with fractious nobles and rebellious serfs; I have to deal with a mutinous tree — it’s basically the same thing. What I’m Reading: Apples, Private Actors and Marina Abramovic 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z The paintings are infused with an appeal for the sort of medieval generosity where lords claim an obligation for the well-being of serfs. Review: A Getty show of Giacomo Ceruti's 18th-century paintings reveals much about our modern wealth gap 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z “People are fleeing California in droves because they don’t want to live as serfs in Prince Gavin’s kingdom. I’m pretty sure his visit here to normal America violates some kind of California travel restriction.” Newsom hits the road to campaign for Biden in Idaho, building his own base in red states 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z We also discover that while she was trying to pursue a progressive agenda aimed at freeing the serfs, an internal rebellion happened that meant she had to fight her own people. Tony McNamara: How writing 'The Great' on the go saves lives 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z They were among the poorest, least educated, and most oppressed in Europe: the Russian serfs. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Domestic serfs, those who had been household servants, received no land. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Feudalism had been defined by a small elite group of hereditary landowners governing the lives of the peasants known as serfs who worked their lands. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z These dates, along with the solstices and equinoxes, were traditional times when serfs paid their rent to their feudal masters, usually in the form of livestock or grain. May begins with a special day and hosts the Flower Moon 2023-04-30T04:00:00Z Beijing promotes a narrative where it freed "serfs and slaves" from a brutal theocracy, set Tibet on a path of modernisation, and vastly improved Tibetans' lives. China: Dalai Lama furore reignites Tibet 'slave' controversy 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z Thus, for generations, serfs were still tied to the same land, laboring both to survive and to pay off the debt incurred with their “freedom.” Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Russia’s population also consisted of many serfs who, unlike American and British farmers, were bound to the land and could not seek opportunities elsewhere such as in factories. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z In exchange for the privilege, serfs paid rent in the form of labor, which generally kept them tied to the land in servitude with little income to spare. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z One even began with the words, "Dear fellow serfs..." Obituary: Sir Bernard Ingham 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z It has also accused the Dalai Lama of spearheading a failed uprising in 1959 in order to "preserve the theocratic serf system". China: Dalai Lama furore reignites Tibet 'slave' controversy 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z The Narodniks believed that the serfs would form the nucleus of a revolutionary class that would rise up and dismantle Tsarist autocracy if properly educated. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Domestic serfs received no land and no longer had a place to live. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z This system of social obligations and ties between the serfs and their lords, and the lords and the kings, framed the economic and political world of the Middle Ages. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Defeat against Japan in 1905 was followed by constitutional reform, and after defeat in the Crimean war in 1856 came emancipation of the serfs. Russians in Putin's chokehold turn a blind eye to war 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z The Tibetan word for them, "miser", has been translated as both "serfs" and "subjects". China: Dalai Lama furore reignites Tibet 'slave' controversy 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z In the east, they had almost total control over the lives and movements of their serfs, including the requirement for serfs to perform lengthy periods of unpaid labor on behalf of their lords. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z “All these elites come in for the World Economic Forum and basically their vision is they run everything and everybody else is just a serf,” said Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican. Republican leaders line up to join the rich and powerful at Davos World Economic Forum 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z Some laborers might own their own land and be self-directed, but most in western Europe were unfree, servile laborers called serfs who were tied to the land. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The mostly illiterate serfs were thus dependent on those literate priests to read and interpret the Bible, the word of God, for them. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z These laws were designed to reduce formerly enslaved people to the status of serfs or indentured servants. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z First, they came to admire the bravery and loyalty of their soldiers, all of whom were drawn from the ranks of the serfs. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z When I read her work, I imagine Monty Python’s oppressed serf calling out, “there’s some lovely filth down here,” gleefully harvesting a great big pile of squelching sludge. Review: The putrid waste of Ottessa Moshfegh's new novel, 'Lapvona' 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z The crusaders organized their government in feudal terms, but the native populations never became serfs owing service to their lords. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Similar to the European serf system, those seeking protection, or relief from starvation, would become the servants of those who provided relief. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z “The Cherry Orchard” dramatizes a societal shift between the land-owning gentry and the descendants of serfs, who are ready to capitalize on their initiative and seize what was hitherto withheld from them. Commentary: How Anton Chekhov became the playwright of the moment 2022-06-06T04:00:00Z During the years that followed Napoleon’s defeat, the conspiracy of army officers put plans in motion to force the government to accept liberal reforms, especially a constitution guaranteeing basic rights and freeing the serfs. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z “They want us to live like serfs,” he said. Victories by Mastriano, Budd show potency of Trump’s false stolen election claims in GOP 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z The plot even takes a breather as the actors team up for a game of volleyball: It’s the landlords vs. the “serfs” — or rather, after a character offers a political corrective, the “workers.” Review | A Russian director’s ‘Cherry Orchard’ shakes a theater to its roots 2022-04-17T04:00:00Z Thus, although they were technically free, serfs were effectively bound to the land they worked, which supported them and their families as well as the lord and all who depended on him. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z At the bottom, impoverished serfs or peasants lacked freedom of movement, toiled by compulsion, and split their crops and their labor with their lords. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z In 1861, following Russia’s defeat, Alexander made the momentous decision to emancipate the serfs, two years before the Emancipation Proclamation in the United States freed the African-American slaves. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z “We call teachers heroes and we pay them like serfs. No wonder so many of them are walking out of school, either in strikes or into retirement.” Minneapolis teachers reach tentative agreement as California strikes continue 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z The emancipation edicts did not entirely fulfill the hopes of Russian serfs or former slaves in the United States. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The serfs gave a share of what they grew to their vassals in return for protection in times of war. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Locke proposed a feudalistic system with titled nobility ruling a population of serfs, slaves, and smaller landholders. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z The emancipation, however, had surprisingly little immediate impact on Russian society, because the serfs legally owed the government the money that had been distributed to buy their freedom from the nobility. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked out onto a towering statue of Czar Alexander II, who emancipated Russia’s serfs, and at the government office buildings and Helsinki Cathedral built in the St. Petersburg style. Finns don’t wish ‘Finlandization’ on Ukraine — or anyone 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z The first and boldest of Alexander’s reforms was a decree freeing the serfs in 1861. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z After the plague, the manors still depended on the same amount of work, but from the smaller number of serfs who had survived. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z One neighbor likened him to a feudal lord among serfs. Phil Spector’s castle, where he murdered Lana Clarkson, sells in Alhambra 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z The emancipation of the serfs was the single most significant reform spearheaded by a Russian Tsar of the nineteenth century. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z In California, that labor was usually “Christianized” Native Americans tied almost like serfs to the ranchos and before that to missions, where the Catholic fathers, Ethington says, “ran essentially these giant labor camps.” You know their names: Palos Verdes, La Brea, Sepulveda. But what were the ranchos? 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z So, while the serfs were legally free, the debt still tied them to the land. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Apple in China, however, treats its workers little better than 19th-century serfs. Papering over the rot: Joe Biden's window dressing can't end oligarchy 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z We are serfs ruled by the obscenely rich, omnipotent masters who loot the U.S. The politics of cultural despair: That's what's killing us, not Donald Trump 2020-11-01T04:00:00Z Peasants in Egypt were tied to the land they lived on and were thus serfs rather than free peasants. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z For considerable periods, those states also reproduced their class structures: masters and slaves in slavery and lords and serfs in feudalism. How fascism has converged with capitalism to redefine government 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z In 1861, on the day before Abraham Lincoln became president of the United States, Czar Alexander II issued the Edict of Emancipation, freeing 20 million serfs. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “People are trying very hard to avoid the word ‘serf,’ but that’s kind of where we are right now,” Mr. Chidi said of the modern urban economy. Beverly Hills, Buckhead, SoHo: The New Sites of Urban Unrest 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z The archetypal serf was not paid for their work in the lord's fields — that was their obligation to the lord in exchange for the use of the lord's land. The Black Death led to the demise of feudalism. Could this pandemic have similar repercussions? 2020-04-26T04:00:00Z Approximately 90% of the population of the area under Sparta’s control were helots, serfs descended from the population conquered by Sparta in the eighth century. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z In decentralized feudalisms, lords wielded state-type powers alongside their economic positions directing production by their subordinated serfs. How fascism has converged with capitalism to redefine government 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z Her views about enlightened ideas changed after a massive uprising of serfs in 1773. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z At the time the play was written, the Russian aristocracy was in twilight, the serfs had been emancipated, swaths of the taiga were being deforested. Why Tales of Female Trios Are Newly Relevant 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z Carlson said "the ruling class" outsourced parts of our economy to China, imported a "serf class" and "crippled the middle class." Tucker Carlson warns that America is being attacked by its own 'ruling class' 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z Native Americans were referred to as the “justly conquered” and either enslaved outright or conscripted as serfs in service to Spanish colonial masters. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Mikhail Andreevich recognized his son’s changed needs and granted his request; he died soon afterward, under mysterious circumstances, and Dostoyevsky came to believe that he had been murdered by the serfs he had overworked. The Equality Conundrum 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z Landowners could give away serfs as presents or to pay debts. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z But the pay issue, and the broader issue of reorganizing the affiliated minors, underscores the imperial approach M.L.B. is taking: Prospects are serfs, and the low minors are largely irrelevant to the empire. In Fighting Over the Minors, What Might Baseball Lose? 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z It took from them their country and handed it to a cabal of global corporatists who intend to turn them into serfs. The great American shakedown 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z They certainly did not renounce any of their actual power, although some did at least ease the burdens on the serfs who toiled on royal lands. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Occasionally, a serf like Virginia or Duke will stumble backward into a divisional title, only to be slaughtered by the king in a conference championship game. Power conferences in college football are just medieval kingdoms now - Golf Digest 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z It was also against the law for serfs to run away from their owners. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Pretenders keep popping up; the serfs regularly get restless. Review: Helen Mirren rules in 'Catherine the Great' 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z Emancipating the serfs was followed quickly by overhaul of the state-run universities, as well as changes to regional governments and the judicial system. Discovery is always political 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z The general pattern in the east was that nobles answered to increasingly powerful kings or emperors, but they were themselves “absolute” rulers of their own estates over their serfs. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone else is a serf, toiling endlessly with little hope of gain. Power conferences in college football are just medieval kingdoms now - Golf Digest 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z Every summer, the army forced thousands of luckless serfs to leave home and work in St. Petersburg. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z One compared him to a feudal lord among serfs. Phil Spector’s Alhambra home — where he killed Lana Clarkson — gets a price cut 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z Sometimes it seems you futz up everything you touch, but you get this open rehearsal right, this little bone you throw to serfs and country bumpkins like me. Hollywood Bowl rehearsals are a soothing morning escape. And they're free 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z Inspired by Enlightenment ideas, he freed the serfs on royal lands and banned the more onerous feudal duties owed by serfs owned by his nobles. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Diners, gone bad, are the opposite: you’re staff at the beginning and a serf at the end. Don’t ask your waiter what to order – and other ways to be a perfect diner 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z Under Russia’s feudal system, serfs were bound to the nobles whose land they worked. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The digital serfs of the future may point to this moment as a turning point: when Facebook started printing its own money. Facebook cryptocurrency: dawn of the corporation-government | Ethan Lou 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z We meet at his country manor, location semi-secret, no serfs in sight, where he does terrible things to melons mounted on pikes. This video-game titan wants to ride into history — with a lance and bespoke armor 2019-05-25T04:00:00Z Her enthusiasm for the Enlightenment dampened considerably, however, as the French Revolution began in 1789, and while Russian nobles found their own privileges expanded, the vast majority of Russian subjects remained serfs. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Farmers, slaves and serfs resided in simple dwellings, usually with other people, sometimes even sharing space with animals. Opinion | How Capitalism Betrayed Privacy 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z The czars, however, were reluctant to free the serfs. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z They compared him to a feudal lord among serfs, The Los Angeles Times previously reported. Phil Spector’s infamous hilltop ‘castle’ for sale | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z The lord is an upstairs caste and the serf a downstairs caste. Who deserves safety and who doesn’t? How capitalism teaches us a "security story" 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z A serf here and there didn’t obscure the essentially positive picture. How the Man of Reason Got Radicalized 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z Traditionally, a Tutsi minority made up Rwanda’s cattle-keeping aristocracy, while Hutu serfs tended to crops. Rwanda’s Khashoggi: who killed the exiled spy chief? 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z The manor system rested on a set of rights and obligations between a lord and his serfs. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z But he also brought up touchy political topics: the unhealthy concentration of wealth among the Russian aristocracy, the plight of millions of serfs. 'Beware the affluence of gold': on reading Diderot in the age of Trump 2018-12-15T05:00:00Z But the serf gained a certain honor by being connected, if totally subordinated to the lord. Who deserves safety and who doesn’t? How capitalism teaches us a "security story" 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z “What would be a good name for this law? Perhaps you’d prefer the serf law? Are you building a new slavery or new serfdom?” Hungary Creates New Court System, Cementing Leader’s Control of Judiciary 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z These barons of the New World first imported indentured servants as their serfs, debtors from their home country who chose immigration over imprisonment in Scotland. Calendar Feedback: Barbra Streisand has 'A Star Is Born' clarification, arts after the crash - Los Angeles Times 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z The lord provided the serfs with housing, farmland, and protection from bandits. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z This casserole mostly contains just potatoes, which are unfortunately useless in the attempt to time travel, except, of course, when used to defend oneself from baffled torch-wielding serfs in 15th-century France. Opinion | Seven Easy Cold-Weather Casseroles That Won’t Fix Any of This 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z In the glory of subordination to the lord, the serf also gained a certain glory. Who deserves safety and who doesn’t? How capitalism teaches us a "security story" 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z “The postdoc is usually new and vulnerable. They hope that advisers will look after them, and most of the time that happens. But it’s a master–serf arrangement,” he says. The quest for postdoctoral independence 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z The robber barons of that era treated everybody except the morbidly rich as serfs, right down to fomenting murder and police violence to disrupt workers agitating for unions, better pay or decent working hours. Alexander Hamilton was preoccupied with the threat that a presidency like Trump’s posed for Ame... 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z In return, serfs tended the lord’s lands, cared for his animals, and performed other tasks to maintain the estate. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Both landowners and states sought to restrict the movement of slaves and serfs in order to prevent the loss of their labor forces. How passports evolved to help governments regulate your movement 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z An ordinary serf would be desperate—and grateful—for an all-powerful authority figure. Who deserves safety and who doesn’t? How capitalism teaches us a "security story" 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z Perhaps if he reviewed the museum’s collection of medieval religious paintings, he would insist that the exhibit highlight the treatment of serfs. Opinion | Stick to navigating art 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z The CEO is the king, the board and senior executives are the courtiers and landed gentry, and the workers are the serfs. 3 theories that explain Trump’s approach to Putin and Russia. Which makes the most sense? 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z All peasants, whether free or serf, owed the lord certain duties. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Liberalis in Latin means “suitable for a free person”: The liberal arts once implied a contrast between the free and the unfree — slaves, serfs, the dependent “lower orders.” Should I Tell My Siblings About Mom’s Affair? 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z Month by month, year by year, I shed my Russianness; as Chekhov once said about his serf parentage, I squeezed my Russianness out of myself drop by drop. Opinion | Russia Was My Obscure Interest. Now Everyone Is Paying Attention. 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z Wade, giving more power to corporations, turning the poor and minorities into serfs, exiling or detaining Others the president might choose to torture. Not just about the money: Donald Trump, Anthony Kennedy and the “boy” at Deutsche Bank 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z After all, you may be living in a working-class serf farm on the edge of an Amazon warehouse compound ... but by God, you will know exactly which province of France your great-great-grandparents belonged to. Why Silicon Valley wants to privatize your genealogy 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z The serfs and peasants raised or produced nearly everything that they and their lord needed for daily life—crops, milk and cheese, fuel, cloth, leather goods, and lumber. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It once was enough for a restaurant to simply serve great food; no one had to think about the anonymous, invisible serfs who made it. The Female Couples Remaking the Restaurant Industry 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z “The worst of evils is when our citizens become serfs to the government, and we increase the government’s involvement in every aspect of our lives. It’s long past time we say no, enough is enough.” ‘Live Free or Die’ motto often invoked, with mixed results 2018-05-19T04:00:00Z “These gestures were like signs of vassalage,” with Mr. Macron playing the part of the serf, said J. C. Icart, a retired writer for scientific journals, interviewed outside the arrondissement’s City Hall. Emmanuel Macron’s Bromance With Trump Takes Its Toll at Home 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z The unwritten rules of the criminal underworld developed under the tsars, when the country’s serfs—a big chunk of the population—lived under a code that smiled on occasional diddling of feudal overlords. Inside Vladimir Putin’s “mafia state” 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z According to custom, a serf could now become free by living within a town for a year and a day. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The bomb thrown in 1881 at Tsar Alexander II, who had emancipated the serfs, woefully stymied reform in Russia. States are finding new ways of killing enemies abroad 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z Another family of rapacious plutocrats devoted, along with their Republican lackeys, to reducing Americans to serfs. Walmart Expands Online Grocery Delivery to 100 Cities 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z Not too long ago, serfs were slaves, slaves of their own country. Why Moscow Will Never Apologize for Attack on Ex-Spy 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z Minimalist boots with one single strap stylishly seemed to merge serf with space-age. Balmain goes disco as Issey Miyake wraps up at Paris shows 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z During the late Middle Ages, serfs in western Europe slowly won freedom and moved to towns. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “There were no serfs, but no wildly wealthy aristocrats either. Society was not hierarchical.” Safe, happy and free: does Finland have all the answers? 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z Shut up and pay the king his money serf. Developers Seek $6 Million Tax Break for Trump-Managed Hotel 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z For centuries Russia has been a corrupt and untrustworthy country, starting with the Czars and feudal rulers lording it over the serfs. Why Moscow Will Never Apologize for Attack on Ex-Spy 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z “I am not a subject, I am not a slave and I am not a serf, and I will not be treated as such,” he said. Newly Freed, Cliven Bundy Gets a Hero’s Welcome in the Rugged West 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z By contrast, the landowning aristocracy in central Europe passed laws restricting the ability of serfs to gain freedom and move to cities. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “I am not a subject, I am not a slave, and I am not a serf, and I will not be treated as such,” he said. Newly freed, rancher Cliven Bundy gets a hero’s welcome in Montana 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z Erstwhile serfs are now paid around $170 a month at harvest time. Pakistan still suffers from feudalism 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z He expects loyalty, fealty actually, like a lord over serfs. Trump Threatens to End American Aid: ‘We’re Watching Those Votes’ at the U.N. 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z He hates that Trump is not rigorously following the small government, rightwing ideology that treats the poor like serfs who deserve to rot and regards the rich as exalted gods in need of further pampering. Jeff Flake is no hero of the resistance | Ross Barkan 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z These nobles wanted to keep the serfs on the land, where they could produce large harvests. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z In a system continued under Belgian colonialism, they treated the Hutu peasants like serfs, forcing them to work on their land and sometimes beating them like donkeys. America’s secret role in the Rwandan genocide 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z Quality news providers are the supplicants and the serfs. News Outlets to Seek Bargaining Rights Against Google and Facebook 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z They come back and they replace it with the personality and the soul of a slave or a serf. Stories of New Orleans: As Monuments Go Down, Family Histories Emerge 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z But the story she told of her journey from an ADD–afflicted teenage kitchen serf to a James Beard award–winner in the man’s world of restaurants merited cursing. Restaurant revolution: women’s place in an industry of disparity 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z The landowning nobles in central Europe not only held down the serfs but also blocked the development of strong kings. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Russian serfs were freed by Tsar Alexander II. Oil refining had begun and soon whale oil would be replaced. Scientists understood the climate 150 years ago better than the EPA head today | John Abraham 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z In the 19th century, many Industrial Revolution employers saw their workers as little more than freed serfs, easily replaced commodities toiling in the “dark satanic mills,” as William Blake famously styled them. Uber, Lyft and unionizing the gig economy 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z Many unpaid internships are thus already illegal, says Ben Lyons of Intern Aware, a pressure group which has helped indignant serfs to claim backpay from companies including Harrods and Sony. Unpaid internships come under fire in Britain 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard ends with the aged servant Firs, a former serf, alone on the deserted stage. Joel Grey prepares for The Cherry Orchard: 'I'm about surprises' 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z Russian landowners wanted serfs to stay on the land and produce large harvests. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It marches through wars, pogroms, displays of dazzling wealth and efforts to free the millions of serfs who were the source of those riches and who died by the thousands in the czars’ military adventures. ‘The Romanovs’: The family that ruled and terrorized Russia 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z Slaves, serfs, subordinated women, people frozen in a hierarchy of lords or bureaucrats are not. Why the West (and the Rest) Got Rich 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z If the serfs or merchants, got out of line, well paid armies would descend on them and their punishment would be swift. For the Wealthiest, a Private Tax System That Saves Them Billions 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z The Rauners of the world want to make every worker, blue or white collar, a de facto serf, just like they are in many emerging markets. A Wealthy Governor and His Friends Are Remaking Illinois 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z When a Russian landowner sold a piece of land, he sold the serfs with it. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z And "The Cherry Orchard" is a story about a former serf who's now buying a farm. For Ethan Hawke, upending the biopic, and a few other saws with it 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z The alternative would be for our society to somehow magically stop treating workers like disposable serfs, and the chances of that in our Darwinian capitalist environment are nil. How Wage Insurance Could Ease Economic Inequality 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z In the absence of either unions or a government maintaining a level playing field, we reap a nation of serfs. Long-Haul Sweatshops 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z Why are some people richer than the richest kings and so many poor as serfs? Socialism Gets a Second Life 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z Therefore, she gave the nobles absolute power over the serfs. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He distributes alms of sorts; his serfs will tell you how he flew their sick child to hospital in his plane, gave flowers to the church on Mothers’ Day, put electricity in a school. How will El Chapo's recapture affect Mexico and narcotrafficking? 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z Are we serfs missing the point of Manchester United, that pretty football isn’t everything and we should all get a grip? Bournemouth v Manchester United: Premier League - live! 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z Truck drivers, much as many other US workers, chose to become effectively serfs. Long-Haul Sweatshops 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z The oldest is a 64-year-old who fled civil war only to find herself virtually imprisoned in the UK as an unpaid domestic serf. Unaccompanied young refugees in Europe 'at risk from criminal gangs' 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z As a result, Russian serfs lost their last traces of freedom. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z And the GOP serfs and peasants love him for it. The chaos theory of Donald Trump: The secret to his unprecedented success — and why it’s very good news for Ted Cruz 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z Are we serfs missing the point of Manchester United, that pretty football isn’t everything and we should all get a grip? Bournemouth v Manchester United: Premier League - live! 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z Monday's game, which the Gulls won, 5-3, was loaded with the sort of medieval brawls that hockey's unsettled serfs adore. The more hockey, the better, so welcome Kings' and Ducks' farm teams 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Several of the clauses preserved the barons' right to keep their serfs, retain any fugitives who entered their lands, and stop the earl's forces arresting their workers. The county with its own Magna Carta - BBC News 2015-08-08T04:00:00Z Yet, despite the hardships they endured, serfs accepted their lot in life as part of the Church’s teachings. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The problem is one that’s familiar to the rest of us serfs and colonists: he’s the first born, and you’re not. How Birth Order Will Shape the New Royal Princess 2015-05-02T04:00:00Z Created by the director of “Blade Runner,” Ridley Scott, it showed a young hammer-wielding athlete running through a vast grim room populated by serfs. Apple Won’t Always Rule. Just Look at IBM. 2015-04-25T04:00:00Z The Muslim suburbs where riots erupted in 2005 once made up the medieval forest of Bondy, whose villagers Parisians at once feared and abused like serfs. Paris Tries to Embrace Suburbs Isolated by Poverty and Race 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z "Free men" in 1215 accounted for less than half the population - the rest were serfs, to whom the charter did not apply. Just how important was Magna Carta? 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z Though bound to the land, serfs were not slaves. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Some management theorists regarded cubicles as an uprising against the old order, where the desks of office serfs were lined up for inspection, factory-style, by managers who emerged from plush private domains. Inside the box 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z Yet Pavlov considered Communism a “doomed” experiment that had turned Russia back into a nation of serfs. How Everyone Gets Pavlov Wrong 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z Media companies would essentially be serfs in a kingdom that Facebook owns. Facebook Offers Life Raft, but Publishers Are Wary 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z As remarks another former Putin insider, who chose to fight when his shipyard empire was taken away in a similar manner: “In Russia, there is no private property. Russian businessmen are serfs of Putin.” Putin's Reaction To Sanctions Is Destroying The Economy And China Won't Help 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z For most serfs, both men and women, life was work and more work. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, I can think of few things more glamorously, unattainably alien than sitting to the fore of that little curtain – that imperious cotton-poly shroud that separates the serfs from their betters. Air travel has always been dismal. It's crazy to blame fat people for 'ruining' it 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z The tsar had freed the serfs in 1861, helping to push Russia into the convulsive century that followed. How Everyone Gets Pavlov Wrong 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z Here is the condescension with which the dominant classes have always treated those they regard as inferior: their serfs, the poor, the Irish, Africans, anyone with whom they disagree. How the media shafted the people of Scotland 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z As “serfs of Putin,” they understand that loyalty is no longer a guarantee. Putin's Reaction To Sanctions Is Destroying The Economy And China Won't Help 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z Even though legally bound to their lord’s manor, many serfs ran away. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z They’re concerned that the big companies will squash the community’s creative autonomy and turn its artists into creative serfs. Hollywood's Big-Money YouTube Hit Factory 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z Retail consultant, speaker and author Bob Phibbs called the scheduling practices an “unacceptable decision by the bean counters to make employees, the ones most responsible for their brand, into serfs.” Starbucks' 'Clopening' Practices Deemed Inexcusable 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z California is a feudal state, in which the serfs are taxpayers and the lords of the land are state employees. Best ETFs For Investors: Muni Bond Funds 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z A few people lived in luxury, but the vast majority were slaves and serfs who did the work. Evidence of Abundance #1: More Leisure, Less Work 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z Many of these runaway serfs, now free people, made better lives for themselves in towns. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Critics began calling the policies “dead peasant” insurance, an allusion to Nikolai Gogol’s novel “Dead Souls,” in which a con man buys up dead serfs to use them as collateral in a business deal. An Employee Dies, and the Company Collects the Insurance 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z It meant diddly squat to average English subjects, most of whom were serfs. Sorry, David Cameron, but your British history is not mine 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z And now that they’ve been exposed, what does the episode tell us about the nature of a corporate culture built on the labor of a relatively well-paid but evidently exploited cohort of digitally talented serfs? Tech Hubris: The Silicon Valley Antitrust Hiring Case 2014-05-01T09:42:48Z Joel Kotkin fears that Americans are in danger of becoming "renting serfs" Middle-class dream denied? 2014-04-28T15:34:04Z Oppressed by their owners or other overlords, their lives circumscribed by the dictates of reactionary church dogma, male serfs had few outlets besides beating their women, or so the argument goes. Sex, gay rights, women’s rights in Russia: Fighting oppression behind closed doors 2014-02-09T16:00:00Z The serfs went centuries with only sporadic uprisings, and a hundred years elapsed before significant slave rebellions erupted in North America. Inequality: Why aren’t the poor storming the barricades? 2014-01-21T19:24:24Z Still, he said, publishers need to tread carefully to avoid becoming the serfs of the digital companies that distribute the subscriptions. Amazon Will Probably Dominate Books-by-Subscription, Too 2014-01-15T10:45:13Z I want human beings to change from being digital serfs to being digital landlords.” Tech Entrepreneurs Agree: It's Time To Regulate The Internet Ecosystem 2013-11-20T19:45:00Z Is it time for Americans to turn their back on the suburban single-family home and become "renting serfs"? Middle-class dream denied? 2014-04-28T15:34:04Z China defends its iron-fisted rule in Tibet, saying the region suffered from dire poverty, brutal exploitation of serfs and economic stagnation until 1950, when Communist troops "peacefully liberated" Tibet and introduced "democratic reforms" in 1959. China rebukes Dalai Lama for seeking Tibetan independence: state media 2013-10-19T03:54:28Z Perhaps the writer felt bound to serve not just because of his medical training but also because his own father, Pavel, started life as a serf, winning his freedom only at age 16. Melikhovo Journal: At Chekhov’s Estate, a Pastoral Literary Shrine Belies a Turbulent Century 2013-08-10T21:27:11Z The Filipinos must grovel, be reminded that they, like Malays generally, are the serfs of the region.” IHT Rendezvous: Tensions Flare in Asian Seas, Now Involving Taiwan 2013-05-22T04:37:06Z The number of serfs, or "souls," one owns is a measure of one's economic and social status. Your Reputation Will Be the Currency of the Future 2013-04-09T14:45:06.753Z This is bad news for aggregators whose digital serfs cut, paste, compile and mangle abstracts of news stories that real media outlets produce at great expense. Google News: the secret sauce 2013-02-25T11:49:00Z Another obvious question.Was it the Dalai Lama or the Chinese who freed the serfs and slaves in Tibet ? China's ever-widening wealth gap 2012-11-01T17:34:27Z Therefore it is better to keep the population as uneducated serfs. Can the world keep its promises? 2012-10-17T11:41:34Z It leads them to treat their primary carers - be they parents or nannies - as serfs to supply their every need. Viewpoint: In defence of narcissism 2012-10-10T01:34:31Z Unfortunately the census takes place only infrequently, and many landowners end up paying taxes on their dead serfs. Your Reputation Will Be the Currency of the Future 2013-04-09T14:45:06.753Z Bristol Crown Court heard the men were forced to work as "serfs" at traveller sites in Gloucestershire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire. Travellers deny keeping 'slaves' 2012-09-18T18:06:47Z Inevitably, too, he seems enmeshed in that internalised British debate that divides journalism into toffs and serfs as though part of some ink-stained class system. Is there too much press freedom? Ask 72 dead journalists 2012-06-30T23:05:53Z The role of the dependable serf, the royal butler, is a familiar one in the history of England managerdom. Euro 2012: James Milner, England's king of continual peripheral motion 2012-06-22T10:48:17Z They are named after Taras Shevchenko, a former serf who became the national poet; it is as if Wayne Rooney had been born Wayne Shakespeare. Euro 2012: Ukraine wait on Andriy Shevchenko and nation's beloved knee 2012-06-18T19:36:41Z Driven by a desire to enhance his social standing, Chichikov develops an ingenious scheme: he travels to Russian villages and buys the records of dead serfs. Your Reputation Will Be the Currency of the Future 2013-04-09T14:45:06.753Z "They were treated as serfs, kept as servants, held in servitude and required to work as and when demanded by their masters, their bosses," he said. Travellers deny keeping 'slaves' 2012-09-18T18:06:47Z At no time will any of these modern day Barons think we need to help the modern day serfs. Last night's summit: The feeling's mutual 2012-05-24T11:06:50Z What's more, as you age, and your ability to stay current on technical subjects is eroded, you will become a serf along with your poor neighbours. Cory Doctorow: the problem with nerd politics 2012-05-14T15:13:08Z The rivers of America run brown with our patrimony while farmers are enserfed to big business, while employing legions of actual serfs to service their fields, according to several of the speakers at the conference. How to Feed the World While the Earth Cooks 2012-05-08T17:45:00.240Z And though it was forbidden by canon and by temporal law to ordain a serf, once ordained he was free. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z At the same time, through causes to which I have already adverted, the free peasants for the most part sank into serfs, subject to and protected by the landowners. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z But so far as the Gaelic race survives, it would be equally true to say that the ancestors of the existing peasantry had been the serfs or the slaves of barbarous chieftains. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 2012-04-25T02:01:12.830Z If he was a serf, his goods inured to his master; but from all personal property was deducted the cost of burning its owner and the droits de justice of the seigneur-justicier. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z At the latter date besides seventy-three villeins, bordars and serfs there were forty cervisarii, a species of unfree tenants who rendered their custom in the form of beer. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z “It came through his death,” answered the other, “for his wife, since he was one of our serfs, offered it as a heriot.” Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z In this manner a hierarchy of ranks was gradually formed, of which the sovereign was the apex and the serf the basis. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z The peasants are still treated as serfs, though only in a mild form. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z Only a serf of our present miserable social arrangements is ever civil to anybody. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 105, November 18, 1893 2012-04-12T02:00:26.587Z The serf spirit made a machine of him. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z They destroyed feudalism; for all who fought gained glory, whether serf or noble. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z It was to be left to Scott and Brown and Miller and Jessup and Jackson, to show that Russian serfs were not braver troops than American freemen. The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:39.100Z The freedom he had demanded for the serfs was granted, the law-courts he had so long denounced were remodelled, trial by jury was established, liberty was to a great extent conceded to the press. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z Cleopatra, avoiding the mob and dodging arrest, fled from Rome with her son, her fortune, and her few faithful serfs. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z He possessed the genuine serf spirit and temper. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z The speech was from first to last an aristocratic argument against the fitness of the working man to be anything but a political serf. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z High and low the serfs looked out, red the flambeaus tossed about,— Toll slowly. In the Saddle A Collection of Poems on Horseback-Riding 2012-03-26T02:00:41.847Z No sooner were the peasants of North-east Germany converted to Lutheranism than they were from freemen reduced to serfs. Socialism: Utopian and Scientific 2012-03-26T02:00:37.300Z He had not as yet come fully to appreciate and understand why they remained always so poor; always the serf; always in the position to gain so little—but withal to suffer so much! The Homesteader A Novel 2012-03-26T02:00:30.703Z He refused to treat his employées as "hands"; they were men, not serfs to be exploited, but human beings to be protected and helped. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z He would never have been contented with the superb quietness of contempt by which Berryer in one of his latest speeches crushed Granier de Cassagnac, the abject serf and hireling of Imperialism. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z His fiery courser snuffs the morn, And thronging serfs their lord pursue. In the Saddle A Collection of Poems on Horseback-Riding 2012-03-26T02:00:41.847Z The serf, the Śūdra, was not to worship the gods of the Aryan freemen. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z Held to service as attached to the soil; - said of feudal serfs. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z A slave; a villain; a serf; a bondman. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z In the times of the Carolingians the small and scattered towns and villages of western Europe, particularly of France, were inhabited mainly by serfs and villeins, i.e., by a dependent rather than an independent population. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z Whether the millions have been called slaves, serfs, working classes—whatever you like—the result has been the same. The Everlasting Arms 2012-03-22T02:00:37.327Z Let us examine the prophecy of this would-be Moses of the serfs of poverty and degradation. Salvation Syrup; Or, Light On Darkest England 2012-03-14T02:00:28.613Z One held to service as attached to the glebe or estate; a feudal serf. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z He wrote with fervor against the remnants of serfdom, and defended the rights of the serfs in the Jura against their monastic oppressors. Voltaire: A Sketch of his Life and Works 2012-03-14T02:00:25.570Z Arbitrary imposts are forbidden and any of the inhabitants who as serfs had been paying arbitrary tallage are relieved of the burden. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z “They work very hard and produce lots of votes, but the parties treat them like serfs.” Gregory Davidzon, a Kingmaker of Brooklyn?s Little Russia 2012-03-10T16:00:49Z Still the serf can rise in vengeance—can admonish the autocrat that humanity may yet turn again and rend him. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z The act of Congress which shall happily solve it will constitute a decree of emancipation as veritable as any that ever freed serf from thraldom, but more universal in its application. Money: Speech of Hon. John P. Jones, of Nevada, On the Free Coinage of Silver; in the United States Senate, May 12 and 13, 1890 2012-02-29T03:00:21.727Z Even the serf organization was in certain conditions a step forward, and led to the increase in the productivity of labor. Dictatorship vs. Democracy (Terrorism and Communism) 2012-02-27T03:00:14.477Z The ordinary freeman pays half as much as the noble, and the serf half as much as the freeman. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z They were essentially serfs, renting a tiny spit of land and barely surviving off it. Darfur Refugees Returning Home 2012-02-27T01:06:43Z But she was good to all, not even forgetting the serfs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z The warriors, too, were carefully selected: Moreover, in the whole force there could be found no serf, no freedman, none of ignoble birth, none weak with old age. Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age 2012-02-23T03:00:38.817Z That phrase was formulated by the progressive philosophers of the bourgeoisie, in the struggle against unfree, i.e., against the serf labor of peasants, and against the standardized and regulated labor of the craft guilds. Dictatorship vs. Democracy (Terrorism and Communism) 2012-02-27T03:00:14.477Z We all know that the first duty of serfs is to labour for their betters: their second, when the worn machinery is out of gear, to retire underground with promptitude. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z The action eventually proceeds in this case, because it is brought not by a serf but by a freed man. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z Was he to be an obedient serf who could not touch a stiver without her express consent? The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z Would the champion dare to free the serfs from thraldom? My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z Here, for a rarity, the Seigneur lives a stately life among those who are practically his serfs in good old medieval fashion. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z On a certain mild evening in October, master and serf were riding home from Montbazon, and the latter unconsciously shrank and stopped his horse, conscious of the glitter that he feared. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z The serf is not placed on a particular plot of land to do definite services under the protection of the State. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z He said they should be kings, and he made them serfs. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z The Catholics were as much serfs as ever. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z Is he, for the sake of what he calls morality, willing to become a serf, a servant or a slave? The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z It is a protest against theological oppression, against ecclesiastical tyranny, against being the serf, subject or slave of any phantom, or of the priest of any phantom. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z He says that a serf cannot buy his freedom, because he has no money or goods of his own. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z The church worshiped a God who had upheld polygamy, and had pronounced his curse on woman, and had declared that she should be the serf of the husband. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z A race of serfs were transformed into a nation of soldiers. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z Theology makes God a monster, a tyrant, a savage; makes man a servant, a serf, a slave; promises heaven to the obedient, the meek, the frightened, and threatens the self-reliant with the tortures of hell. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 2 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:51.557Z Count Tolstoï would establish slavery in every house; he would make every husband a tyrant and every wife a trembling serf. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z They appropriate45 the Roman view that there is no difference of quality between serfs and serfs: all are in the same abject state. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z Must a woman, in order to retain her virtue, become a slave, a serf, with a beast for a master, or with society for a master, or with a phantom for a master? The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z The sceptre was taken from her hands, and she became once more the slave and serf of man. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:49.813Z We are no longer intellectual serfs, believing what is unreasonable in obedience to the command of a supposed god. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 2 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:51.557Z Would he feel that he was treated like an underling, like a menial, like a serf? The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z Although the political power of the French baron is so much greater than that of an English lord, the roturier often keeps his distance from the serf better than was the case in England. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z They were regarded and treated as serfs and menials—looked upon as a species of property to be bought and sold like the other domestic animals. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z They fought, they died; and for the first time since man has kept a record of events, the heavens bent above and domed a land without a serf, a servant or a slave. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political 2012-02-11T03:03:48.503Z He said they should be kings and he made them serfs. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 2 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:51.557Z Without that, we are simply painted clay; without that, we are poor, miserable serfs and slaves. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z And so we are driven to the inference, that different customs prevailed in this respect in places immediately adjoining each other, and that not all the feudal serfs descended from Saxon slaves paid merchet. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z They have ceased to be the prisoners of society—the satisfied serfs of husbands, or the echoes of priests. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:47.297Z Czar of all the Russias, emancipated the serfs, and on the first day of January, 1863, the shackles fell from millions of the citizens of this Republic. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political 2012-02-11T03:03:48.503Z My brain is my castle; and when I waive the right to defend it, I become an intellectual serf and slave. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 2 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:51.557Z Religion makes God a master and man his serf. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z There could be no question of allowing the lord to seize on any person whom he thought fit to claim as his serf. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z The Deity is a master, and man a serf; and this relation is inconsistent with true progress. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:47.297Z We see the oppressed, the serf, the peasant and the slave, men whose flesh had known the chill of chains—the adventurous, the proud, the brave, sailing an unknown sea, seeking homes in unknown lands. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political 2012-02-11T03:03:48.503Z God is a king whose will is law, and men are serfs and slaves. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:43.960Z To throw away your reason at the command of churches, popes, parties, kings or gods, is to be a serf, a slave. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z Our author is enumerating the cases in which the serf has an action against his lord. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z According to the creeds, God himself was an infinite master and all his children serfs. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:47.297Z Take away that protection, and he is instantly on a level with the European serf. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political 2012-02-11T03:03:48.503Z The people became the serfs and slaves of the blessed Kirk. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:43.960Z He may have been a king or serf—a philosopher or servant,—but the utterance neither gains nor loses in truth or reason. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z It is true that75 Bracton's text, as printed in existing editions, contains a qualification of this remark; it is said that only serfs on ancient demesne land are possessed of such a right. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z They will find that the writers of that book, for the most part, speak of woman as a poor beast of burden, a serf, a drudge, a kind of necessary evil—as mere property. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:47.297Z Rychkoff; their mother's fortune consisted of a small estate of fifty serfs. A Russian Gentleman 2012-02-08T03:00:18.800Z They do not regard themselves as the serfs, servants, or favorites of any celestial king. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:43.960Z Neither do we believe that others are subjects or serfs or slaves by reason of any supernatural will. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z Serfs are mostly, though not necessarily, found on villain land; it does not follow that all those seated on villain land are serfs. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z Rules were shackles, and forms were made for serfs and slaves. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:47.297Z In that case he could migrate with his family and transfer half of his serfs to the new estate; and thus he would secure the main object of this design. A Russian Gentleman 2012-02-08T03:00:18.800Z He was the friend of serf and peasant, and did what he could to protect animals, wives and children from the fury of those who loved their neighbors as themselves. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:43.960Z Would it be for the best interest of that State to have a few landlords and four or five millions of serfs? The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z If, on the one hand, not all the serfs paid merchet, on155 the other there is sufficient evidence to show that it was paid in some cases by free people. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z God help the man, be he king or serf, that takes his counsel! Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z That same autumn twenty families of serfs started for the district of Boogoorooslan, taking with them ploughs and harrows with rye for sowing. A Russian Gentleman 2012-02-08T03:00:18.800Z The landowner taxed his serfs by a contribution in kind, making them bring a certain quantity of linen, corn, cattle, or a corresponding amount of money. What Shall We Do? 2012-01-29T03:00:11.167Z I was no longer a servant, a serf or a slave. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z On the other hand it is mentioned, that serfs cannot be devised because they are astriers and annexed to the free tenement of the lord. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z Another way by which the Crusades contributed to the decay of feudalism was by favoring the enfranchisement of serfs, even without the consent of their masters. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z He also made a seat for himself and his wife in the village of Choorassovo, fifty versts from Simbirsk; this was a separate property of 350 serfs which his wife had inherited from her mother. A Russian Gentleman 2012-02-08T03:00:18.800Z When I was a landlord, possessing serfs, and came to understand the immorality of such a position, I, along with other men who had understood the same thing, tried to free myself from it. What Shall We Do? 2012-01-29T03:00:11.167Z Hell was imagined by revenge, and the orthodox heaven is the selfish dream of heartless serfs and slaves. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z They testify to a subjection of free people and not to the liberation of serfs. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z That barbarous law which gave the feudal lord a right to call every man his serf who settled in his domains was softened. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z And my cousin's serfs too got spoilt, with no master to look after them. A Russian Gentleman 2012-02-08T03:00:18.800Z Let us picture the whole affair in a circle, thus:—The serfs supply their landlord with linen, poultry, sheep, and daily labour. What Shall We Do? 2012-01-29T03:00:11.167Z C. The prohibition of emigration, which, in the case of serfs, vassals and state-villeins, it seems natural enough, was very usual in periods of absolute monarchical power. Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z It is curious too, and at first sight rather inconsistent, that our author sometimes speaks against those very serfs towards whom he seems, as a rule, so favourably disposed. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z These tribes were the willing serfs of Spain, having served them without resistance for a full century. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z Yet she considered it her duty to rescue her serfs from his cruelty, and therefore intended to cancel the document which gave him authority over her estates. A Russian Gentleman 2012-02-08T03:00:18.800Z The women have woven a quantity of linen, have sold it and received money; the serfs have woven some linen for their master, and the master has sold it and received money. What Shall We Do? 2012-01-29T03:00:11.167Z The value of a serf was roughly apprised as four times that of an ox, and he could also be used as “live money.” Legal Lore Curiosities of Law and Lawyers 2012-01-17T03:00:20.443Z The holdings of servants and other people endowed by favour are always few and interspersed among the plots of the regular occupiers of the land, be they free or serfs. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z But a certain portion, probably the largest, became serfs, who could be sold, exchanged, bartered and inherited. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z He did not often come home on leave, and he had little reason to come, because the serfs—about 150 in all—who formed his property, owned little land and were scattered about. A Russian Gentleman 2012-02-08T03:00:18.800Z Thus: if there happens to be an old mansion, built in the time of the serfs, then this house is renovated and re-decorated: if there is not, one is built of two or three stories. What Shall We Do? 2012-01-29T03:00:11.167Z Austria has a similar story to tell of barbarity towards serfs, and the abrogation of law by powerful chieftains. Legal Lore Curiosities of Law and Lawyers 2012-01-17T03:00:20.443Z The villain is no serf, in any sense of the word. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z The Gipsy musicians belong mostly to the class who originally were serfs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z There he set to work with fierce energy and made all preparations for transferring at once a portion of his serfs to the new estate. A Russian Gentleman 2012-02-08T03:00:18.800Z What cares the Russian serf or Southern slave Though we should speak as man spake never yet Of gleaming Hudson's broad magnificence, Or green Niagara's never-ending roar? Poems of James Russell Lowell With biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole 2012-01-09T03:00:25.087Z “Strong beggars and their children” were to be employed in common work for their whole life, and it is said that salt masters and coal masters thus made serfs of many. Legal Lore Curiosities of Law and Lawyers 2012-01-17T03:00:20.443Z Strained in another sense suggested by the Mirror, it would lead to a standing distinction between villains, as owners, and serfs, as people devoid of civil rights. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z But it must not be forgotten that, in contradistinction to the Slavs of Russia proper, the various tribes of the Ural-Altai race have never been serfs. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod 2012-01-08T03:00:16.523Z Next year forty more serfs were transferred and set up in their new abodes; and this proved an easier job. A Russian Gentleman 2012-02-08T03:00:18.800Z In February, 1861, the Emperor of Russia proclaimed freedom to twenty-three millions of serfs. The Freedmen's Book 2012-01-05T03:00:39.763Z Tolstoy portrayed the vices of the educated Russian and the evils of wage-slavery which followed the emancipation of the serfs. The Critical Game 2012-01-05T03:00:38.527Z Besides, tens of thousands of serfs, recently freed by the Czar, continued to work the land for the Lubimoff heirs, just as they had before the emancipation. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z The unexpected revolt of his personal serfs at Kamba was a veritable disaster, for they had charge of his largest canoe, the sails and stores of his gunboat, and his principal magazine. The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z "What is the matter?" she said in rallying Yiddish, when they were taking their lunch of bread and cheese and ginger-beer, amid the clatter of machines, whose serfs had not yet knocked off work. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z “There’s this novel by Gogol called ‘Dead Souls,’ about counting dead serfs as people. Naval Academy, other colleges at odds on when an application counts 2011-12-27T22:15:00Z Up to that time, the Indians were serfs and the negroes were slaves. Liberty In The Nineteenth Century 2011-12-24T03:08:02.240Z And in her moments of anger this same Nadina Lubimoff beat the servants in her Palace, as though they were still serfs, and forced her maids to grovel at her feet. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z The custom which required the serf to stoop in passing or approaching a chief was extended to canoes passing or approaching chief villages such as Mbau. The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z There is no powerful class between the noble and the serf or slave; and whilst this state of things endures, Poland can never be independent, because she can never be industrious, and therefore never wealthy. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z Be a platform czar, and your audience will be your happy serfs. Sunday-School Success A Book of Practical Methods for Sunday-School Teachers and Officers 2011-12-21T03:00:45.660Z He’s wealthier now, even though his taxes are “more than a medieval lord would have taken from a serf,” he said. Bankers and Billionaires Defend Top 1% 2011-12-20T05:46:23Z It was because the Prince was rich that he had tried to trample on him, treating him like one of his serfs, on his far-off estates in Russia. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z And Simmonds' life became such as made him envy the lot of a Russian serf, of a Siberian exile, of a negro in the old days of the sugar plantations. The Heart of Denise and Other Tales 2011-12-14T03:00:15.733Z The prince, to his utter astonishment, turned out to be the next heir, and a beautiful property of four thousand serfs, just forty miles from Mordasoff, became his—absolutely and unquestionably! Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband 2011-12-08T03:00:25.597Z I take it from the Westostliche Divans of Goethe: SULEIKA: Conqueror and serf and nation; They proclaim it joyously; Mankind's loftiest elation, Shines in personality. A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis 2011-12-06T03:00:21.763Z The valley was originally inhabited by the serfs of various great lords in summer for the sake of pasturage. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z Even the Europeanized nobles, who were usually her greatest supporters, loved their serfs. Catherine the Great Rides to Glory in Bio: Manuela Hoelterhoff 2011-12-01T02:19:01Z Precisely those countries where freedom does not exist, or exists only in name,—where men are treated as serfs and slaves, and are not allowed to think and act for themselves. Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z You, who talk of emancipating your serfs, and ‘doing something for posterity,’ indeed! Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband 2011-12-08T03:00:25.597Z Landlords and parish authorities had but to permit the labourers to cultivate for themselves little patches of land, let to them at a good rent, and what opulence would these serfs not reach. The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant 2011-11-27T03:00:11.777Z For one night a woman was with me named Margrete, who was a serf from Holstein. Memoirs of Leonora Christina Daughter of Christian IV. of Denmark; Written During Her Imprisonment in the Blue Tower at Copenhagen 1663-1685 2011-11-26T03:00:13.823Z Without that, we are simply painted clay; without that, we are poor miserable serfs and slaves. Trial of C. B. Reynolds For Blasphemy Defence by Robert G. Ingersoll, at Morristown, N. J., May 1887 2011-11-24T03:00:42.437Z He said they should be kings, and He made them serfs. Ingersollia Gems of Thought from the Lectures, Speeches, and Conversations of Col. Robert G. Ingersoll, Representative of His Opinions and Beliefs 2011-11-24T03:00:41.267Z One wonders how it was taken by an audience that concerned itself so little with the interests of the serf, and whose literature never mentioned that class, except in scorn. Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends 2011-11-24T03:00:40.487Z "The two main parties are the serfs of the bankers." Spanish voters set to throw out Socialists 2011-11-19T23:34:30Z Spain had become a nation of lords and serfs, and the slaves, the mass of the people, had no heart to fight for the land that had been wrested from them. The Story of Seville 2011-11-15T03:00:17.143Z Defeated enemies were robbed of all their possessions and slaughtered; later on they were degraded to serfs, a position little better than that of beasts of burden. Morals and the Evolution of Man 2011-11-14T03:00:18.930Z The Abbot Alcuin had twenty thousand slaves, called serfs, who were forever attached to the soil. Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action 2011-11-11T03:00:34.027Z The rest of the serfs belong to the nobles, and are the absolute property and subject to the absolute control of their masters, as much as the cattle on their estates. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, 7th ed. Vol. 2 of 2 2011-11-11T03:00:31.270Z All were equal in fact; neither nobles nor serfs existed; the Viceroy was little more than a new official imposed by external authority, and having no real support in the country itself. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z The Americans were their subjects, bound to them by "unalienable allegiance;" vassals, serfs creatures, whose human rights, in effect, were nothing when compared to the monarch's will. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z And Mr. Lodge mentions mining with the labor of criminals and serfs. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z Henry took their daughter back to the peasants, and gave her rich gifts, while he presented them with the land which they had farmed, and all its serfs and chattels. Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature 2011-10-29T02:00:13.050Z Some of the seigneurs possess from seventy to more than a hundred thousand; and their wealth depends upon the skill and management with which the labour of these serfs is employed. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, 7th ed. Vol. 2 of 2 2011-11-11T03:00:31.270Z Are the Occupy Wall Street protesters the modern-day equivalent of wandering serfs in 14th-century Britain? City Room: #OccupyWallSt Roundup, Day 40 2011-10-26T19:18:01Z The poorer Spaniards and the Indian serfs had no means of making their complaints heard in the palace. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z In fact, capitalism entails neither robber barons nor kings nor obsequious serfs but independent beings who trade the products of their effort to mutual advantage. Steve Jobs And The Money-Making Personality 2011-10-18T17:52:42Z Before the town became free, all of them used to reap as serfs; the dwellings of knights and chaplains, and of the servants of the court lodge being alone exempt from this payment. The Chronicle of Jocelin of Brakelond: A Picture of Monastic Life in the Days of Abbot Samson 2011-10-18T02:00:19.523Z I was forcibly struck with a parallel between the white serfs of the north of Europe and African bondsmen at home. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, 7th ed. Vol. 2 of 2 2011-11-11T03:00:31.270Z Long ago, when players were serfs, decisions were few. 2011 NLCS: Albert Pujols and Prince Fielder play for high stakes on the field and in contract talks 2011-10-14T02:56:33Z The “liberation of the oppressed” had its part in the decision, and the glory of freeing the serf easily merged itself in the glory of defeating the serf’s masters. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z Freedom to think and breathe—God-granted boons, 2590 Alike, to savage, serf, and citizen— Was all that freedom signified to some, Who, as they doled a gift already given, Boasted themselves magnanimous and wise. Elias An Epic of the Ages 2011-10-13T02:00:41.923Z Their serfs, unable to read, were fairly represented by those who, having burned Paine in effigy, asked their employer if there was "any other gemman he would like burnt, for a glass o' beer." The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z Eight thousand of their number died on the spot; and the spirit which animated them fired the serfs throughout the whole empire. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, 7th ed. Vol. 2 of 2 2011-11-11T03:00:31.270Z Adscript, ad′skript, adj. written after: attached to the soil, of feudal serfs—in this sense also used as a noun. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z None can stand against thee, save I. Thou hast long treated us as serfs in thy house, now I will treat thee as a cheese and crush thee underfoot. Flemish Legends 2011-10-10T02:00:21.467Z Iermola's situation consequently interested him and excited his pity; perhaps also the remembrance of the dreaded lord, so well known to all his serfs, contributed to increase this favourable impression. Iermola 2011-10-06T02:00:40.637Z Since the emancipation of the serfs, the situation has been critical. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z Indeed, there are many instances of a serf's acquiring a large property, and even rising to eminence. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, 7th ed. Vol. 2 of 2 2011-11-11T03:00:31.270Z Beneath all these, forming the mass of the agricultural population, were the peasantry and the serfs, the latter attached to the land, the former ground down by heavy taxes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z Beaten like a serf, my lord father, I could do naught against him.” Flemish Legends 2011-10-10T02:00:21.467Z Well, for my part," said Miss Turretville, candidly, "I really did think he had serfs, and a castle with ramparts, and I did believe in the banditti, and the captain just like Charles De Moor. Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z Muse, as liberal in words as it is permitted to be under the Russian r�gime, approved the emancipation of the serfs, and exalted the other reforms of Alexander II. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z Many of them are rich, and though alike despised by rich and poor, by the seigneur and the serf, they are proud of exhibiting their wealth, particularly in the jewels and ornaments of their women. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, 7th ed. Vol. 2 of 2 2011-11-11T03:00:31.270Z "You nobles have beaks of iron, and you tore us to pieces with your beaks when we were serfs," is what the convicts used to say to us. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z “My lord brother,” said the younger son, “wilt thou be pleased to fall at my feet likewise, and kiss them, for that thou hast made me do the work of a serf?” Flemish Legends 2011-10-10T02:00:21.467Z "This assemblage," said the baron, "somewhat reminds me of the annual f�tes I give to my serfs in the park that surrounds my castle, at the cataract of the Rhine." Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z The power of life and death, formerly claimed and freely exercised by the nobles over their serfs, has also been expressly abolished. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" 2011-09-26T02:00:25.313Z Well, at one time in the city of Rome there were some men from our island to be sold as serfs. A Maid at King Alfred?s Court 2011-09-13T02:00:30.520Z He had been a serf, one of those not attached to the soil, but who serve their masters as domestics. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z Then he struck me with the flat of his sword in the neck and breast, and with the hilt in the back, like a serf. Flemish Legends 2011-10-10T02:00:21.467Z When his father had died of the pestilence, the young man was left in the world without any near relative, without property, having only a very few serfs in Vyrambki. On the Field of Glory An Historical Novel of the Time of King John Sobieski 2011-09-13T02:00:27.560Z But although revolutionary and socialistic principles may have been very considerably entertained by the nihilists from the first, there was no practical revolutionary or socialistic organization before the emancipation of the serfs. Contemporary Socialism 2011-09-10T02:00:28.673Z They will become serfs, and we will hold the Ukraine. Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z He is a peasant attached to the soil, a domestic serf, a shopkeeper, or a soldier. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z The Bishop told him to bring up his son for the priesthood, then he could not possibly become a serf. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z We could easily remedy many desperate social difficulties—for the moment at least—if we might reduce half the population of England again to the status of serfs. Chaucer and His England 2011-09-01T02:00:19.940Z A corrupt aristocracy divided the land among themselves; the great estates were tilled by a wretched and hopeless race of serfs; the citizen classes were ruined. The Moors in Spain 2011-08-29T02:01:09.183Z So long as they were slaves or serfs, could people who did not belong to themselves have a patronymic? The Galley Slave's Ring or The Family of Lebrenn. A Tale of The French Revolution of 1848 2011-08-29T02:01:02.680Z "As for the rest, they are but vassals and serfs." The Girls of St. Cyprian's A Tale of School Life 2011-08-24T02:00:19.813Z "In order that he may not become a serf." Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z The English serf could not be evicted, but neither could he leave his holding; he was transferred with the estate from master to master as a portion of the live stock. Chaucer and His England 2011-09-01T02:00:19.940Z The serfs were in an even more pitiable state than before. The Moors in Spain 2011-08-29T02:01:09.183Z Next, from serfs, they became vassals, thereupon subject to mortmain—each of these a step upwards. The Galley Slave's Ring or The Family of Lebrenn. A Tale of The French Revolution of 1848 2011-08-29T02:01:02.680Z I am a Socialist because I cannot understand why one man should be subject to another as slave, serf or wage-earner. Why I am in favor of socialism 2011-08-22T02:01:00.513Z "But, according to your reasoning, a scholar can never become a serf." Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z It is great shame that our Lords, who ought to keep our laws, should treat our merchants as serfs, and quietly free the hands of strange folk to rob us. Chaucer and His England 2011-09-01T02:00:19.940Z Unfortunately, this sort of hunting is not now so general as prior to the emancipation of the serfs in 1861. Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club 2011-08-20T02:00:11.973Z Originally slaves and sold and exploited and treated like vile human cattle, they then became serfs, and, from serfs, vassals. The Galley Slave's Ring or The Family of Lebrenn. A Tale of The French Revolution of 1848 2011-08-29T02:01:02.680Z The same causes that established the feudal system there, had, in the course of two centuries and a half, changed a nation of freemen into a nation of serfs. The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind 2011-08-19T02:00:11.867Z What was he to do, he asked, to stay the operation of the curse and prevent his son and his grandsons from becoming the lowliest serfs in the Russian Empire? Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z “We are men formed in Christ’s likeness, and we are kept like beasts”; such are the words which Froissart puts into the serfs’ mouths. Chaucer and His England 2011-09-01T02:00:19.940Z Peggy’s boy, chained to the plough like a born serf, but full of his real father’s fiery spirit, poached and stole, and worse, and at last laid his bones in the Australian gold rush. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z It is not likely that everything went on without numerous revolts on the part of the serfs against the Kings, the seigneurs and the priests. The Galley Slave's Ring or The Family of Lebrenn. A Tale of The French Revolution of 1848 2011-08-29T02:01:02.680Z Rainier dominated one's attention like a bejeweled lady among serfs. Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer 2011-08-14T02:00:18.947Z This one lord would inherit the vast Bialystok estates, the splendid castle and its treasures, yet what if all this would not save him and his descendants from becoming serfs in the end. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z The uprising will spread undoubtedly through the whole Ukraine, for the serfs there are insolent and trained to fighting; but an uprising in that part is no novelty. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z The serfs, little by little, acquired by their work a small capital; they succeeded in buying their liberty from their lords. Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z I am no longer your slave, your serf, your vassal, your chattel; playing the good Prince, you graciously condescended to have me take a chair, and you even addressed me patronizingly—'Dear Monsieur Lebrenn.' The Galley Slave's Ring or The Family of Lebrenn. A Tale of The French Revolution of 1848 2011-08-29T02:01:02.680Z Gold as you will employ it means the upbuilding of those crafts that make men—not serfs. In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z The first, a sturdy, manly figure in a short tunic such as was worn by serfs, disappeared into the tower; the other--quite unmistakably the gatekeeper--glided back again and returned to the gate-house. The Hour Will Come: Volumes I and II A Tale of an Alpine Cloister 2011-07-23T02:00:09.843Z Evil would it be with the Commonwealth, if a simple outbreak of serfs could be made a question of its fate or its existence. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z And conversely, on the other hand, whilst the minority enjoyed so exclusively all these privileges, the costs of society rested on the greater number, and these costs the serfs were obliged to pay. Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z It had taken the slave, the serf, and the hired worker a long time to see this. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z The tale which made Apollo the serf and shepherd of mortal men is as old as the Iliad,**** and is not easy to interpret, whether as a nature-myth or a local legend. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z The serfs of Russia in the olden time were not more abject slaves than these people under the terrible power of the Church. The Mormon Puzzle, and How to Solve It 2011-07-21T02:00:23.213Z Ha! scoundrels, criminals, thieves! you are going around as spies, rousing the serfs to rebellion. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z Each stretch of arable land was cultivated more or less in common by groups of serfs, who lived generally in one long village street, with the church and the lord’s hall near at hand. Household Administration Its Place in the Higher Education of Women 2011-07-20T02:00:13.547Z At first the bulk of the people were slaves or serfs, but from the seventh century a large class of freedmen—farmers and artisans—came into existence. Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman 2011-07-20T02:00:12.413Z “They approach the attendants like a serf approaches a lord.” Caracas Journal: As Life in Venezuela Passes By, Residents Find Plenty of Time to Watch 2011-07-20T00:28:09Z His Majesty the King herewith, by this present royal rescript, withdraws all vexatious edicts hitherto issued, with the exception of his edict of tolerance and that for the freeing of the serfs. The Strange Story of Rab R?by 2011-07-17T02:00:30.943Z No serf of mine would dare tell me a lie. Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume III 2011-07-16T02:00:13.547Z The ordinary serf would very rarely either receive or spend coin of the realm. Household Administration Its Place in the Higher Education of Women 2011-07-20T02:00:13.547Z What wonder that, from Emperor to serf, all were her admiring slaves? Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z As there has at all times been oppression of the nations by the State, so has there also always been "exploitation of the masses of slaves, serfs, wage-workers, by a ruling minority." Anarchism 2011-07-12T02:00:35.053Z If the new surveying measures were taken, four-fifths of the peasants' property was ruined, the remaining fifth was devoured by their oppressors, and the owner became houseless and a serf. The Strange Story of Rab R?by 2011-07-17T02:00:30.943Z Even before serfs could send their children to school, it was necessary that the consent of the lord should be obtained, and in many cases fines were exacted before this permission was granted. Education in England in the Middle Ages Thesis Approved for the Degree of Doctor of Science in the University of London 2011-06-30T02:00:33.287Z Unfortunately, very little material exists on which to draw for the account of the household arrangements of the serfs. Household Administration Its Place in the Higher Education of Women 2011-07-20T02:00:13.547Z As his wife, she lived on his lonely estate like a serf. Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z If the serf is refractory, the punishment is doubled, and nothing can save him from it. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z The serfs and dependents had no place in this system of government, so that a large majority of the German people possessed no other recognized right than that of being ruled and punished. A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day 2011-06-22T02:00:21.157Z Now, it would appear to us obvious, that if some serfs sent their sons to schools after paying a license, others would attempt to do so without payment and would probably succeed in doing so. Education in England in the Middle Ages Thesis Approved for the Degree of Doctor of Science in the University of London 2011-06-30T02:00:33.287Z Even the poorest serfs apparently kept a few fowls, since their dues are so often payable in eggs, and some of the eggs and the chickens would be available for family consumption. Household Administration Its Place in the Higher Education of Women 2011-07-20T02:00:13.547Z The first miners in Scotland were serfs; the first miners in northern England were bondsmen who sold themselves by the year and were forbidden by law to leave the mine to which they were bound. The Coming of Coal 2011-06-17T02:00:17.207Z As they receive nothing from the state, it is the unfortunate serfs who must support their establishments, and even supply them with the means of indulging their gluttony and drunkenness. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z In the last generation, many legitimate public credit programs, like federally backed home mortgages and student loans, were abused to enrich financial sector parasites while reducing millions of Americans to the status of debt serfs. We need a New Deal for information technology 2011-06-14T11:01:00Z Rip asserts a special pre-eminence over these young serfs, and has drilled them into a kind of local militia. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z Each serf possessed, besides, a small croft attached to his house, and sometimes an orchard and rude garden. Household Administration Its Place in the Higher Education of Women 2011-07-20T02:00:13.547Z |
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