The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 24Grolier Incorporated, 1999 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries A thirty-volume encyclopedia covering important world events while providing major new treatments of selected topics in various academic fields. |
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Page 12
... land probably evolved in the 17th century on the lands of private landlords or gentry . Redistribution was introduced among peasants on state lands only later , in the reign of Catherine II . In the Ukraine the commune tended to be ...
... land probably evolved in the 17th century on the lands of private landlords or gentry . Redistribution was introduced among peasants on state lands only later , in the reign of Catherine II . In the Ukraine the commune tended to be ...
Page 23
... land reform . " The reforms encour- aged the peasant to leave the village commune and to consolidate his share of the land in a single plot . He was free to till his land from his old home in the village ( otrub ) or from a house on the ...
... land reform . " The reforms encour- aged the peasant to leave the village commune and to consolidate his share of the land in a single plot . He was free to till his land from his old home in the village ( otrub ) or from a house on the ...
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... land tenure adhering between the lord and his dependent tenants who worked the land , and also as the administrative and legal processes that preserved this system . Seignorialism should be distinguished from feudalism . Feudalism was ...
... land tenure adhering between the lord and his dependent tenants who worked the land , and also as the administrative and legal processes that preserved this system . Seignorialism should be distinguished from feudalism . Feudalism was ...
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