Serfdom and Slavery compares the two forms of legal servitude in cultures in Western civilization, in Europe and the New World from ancient times to the modern period. Within a tightly controlled framework of general contextual chapters followed by specific case studies, a distinguished team of scholars offers 17 specially written essays that illuminate the nature, development, impact and termination of serfdom and slavery in European society. While the case studies range form classical Greece to early modern Brandenburg, and from medieval England to nineteenth-century Russia, the volume as a whole is closely integrated. It makes an important contribution to a topic of increasing international interest.

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Format: Trade Paperback
Author: Bush, M. L.
ISBN: 9780582291850
Condition: Used
Dimensions: 8.53 x 0.81
Number Of Pages: 368
Publication Year: 1996

Language: English

Serfdom and Slavery: Studies in Legal Bondage

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