 Henry Ill's time and most villages contributed to the new armies. The bolder serfs either joined the armies or fled to the towns, and even in the villages the free men who held by villein tenure were as eager to commute their services as the serfs were...  A Social History of England - 54 psl.autoriai: Frederick Bradshaw - 1921 - 404 psl.Visos knygos peržiūra - Apie šią knygą
 | Angela Kathryn Stout, Richard Alan Dello Buono, William J. Chambliss - 2004 - 444 psl.
...the constant wars against France and Scotland were fought mainly with mercenaries after Henry Ill's time and most villages contributed to the new armies....the serfs were to escape. Only the amount of 'free' labor available enabled the lord to work his demense in many places. (Bradshaw 1927: 54) And he says... | |
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