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In this volume, we approach the phenomenon of slavery and other types of strong asymmetrical dependencies from two methodologically and theoretically distinct perspectives: semantics and lexical fields. Detailed analyses of key terms that are associated with the conceptualization of strong asymmetrical dependencies promise to provide new insights into the self-concept and knowledge of pre-modern societies. The majority of these key terms have not been studied from a semantic or terminological perspective so far. Our understanding of lexical fields is based on an onomasiological approach – which linguistic items are used to refer to a concept? Which words are used to express a concept? This means that the concept is a semantic unit which is not directly accessible but may be manifested in different ways on the linguistic level. We are interested in single concepts such as ‘wisdom’ or ‘fear’, but also in more complex semantic units like ‘strong asymmetrical dependencies’. In our volume, we bring together and compare case studies from very different social orders and normative perspectives. Our examples range from Ancient China and Egypt over Greek and Maya societies to Early Modern Russia, the Ottoman Empire and Islamic and Roman law.
HISTORY / Medieval. --- Slavery. --- asymmetry. --- serfdom.
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Russia's Age of Serfdom 1649-1861 offers a broad interpretive history of the Russian Empire from the time of serfdom's codification until its abolition following the Crimean War. Considers the institution of serfdom, official social categories, and Russia's development as a country of peasants ruled by nobles, military commanders, and civil servants Illuminates the reality of absolute monarchy in Russia, with special emphasis on the mobilization of human and material resources, the search for regular government, and the persistence of personal-moral forms of authority Traces the emergence of modern Russian culture out of and alongside Orthodox religious culture
Serfdom --- History. --- Russia --- Social conditions. --- Politics and government. --- Civilization. --- Servage --- Russie --- 19e siècle --- Conditions rurales
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Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia and Princess Isabel of Brazil were active participants in the struggle to end servile labor in their respective countries. They acted in defiance of political conventions which excluded women from any political activity. Both women were determined to do all in their power to further the cause of emancipation and to determine the terms under which serfs and slaves were emancipated. This book examines the political activities of the two royal women within the context of their respective societies and adopts a comparative approach.
Serfdom --- History. --- Russia --- Brazil --- Politics and government --- History --- Elena Pavlovna, --- Isabel, --- Political activity.
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Colonate --- Romans --- Colonat --- Romains --- Africa, North --- Afrique du Nord --- History --- Histoire --- Colonate. --- -Serfdom --- Ethnology --- Italic peoples --- Latini (Italic people) --- -Barbary States --- Maghreb --- Maghrib --- North Africa --- -Colonate. --- -Africa, North --- -History --- -Colonate --- Serfdom --- Arab countries --- Romans - Africa, North. --- Afrique --- Histoire ancienne
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This is a translation of one of very few Russian serfs' memoirs. Savva Purlevskii recollects his life in Russian serfdom and life of his grandparents, parents, and fellow villagers. He describes family and communal life and the serfs' daily interaction with landlords and authorities. Purlevskii came from an initially prosperous family that later became impoverished. Early in his childhood, he lost his father. Purlevskii did not have a chance to gain a formal education. He lived under serfdom until 1831 when at the age of 30 he escaped his servitude.Gorshkov's introduction provides some basic knowledge about Russian serfdom and draws upon the most recent scholarship. Notes provide references and general information about events, places and people mentioned in the memoirs.
Serfs --- Serfdom --- History --- Purlevskii, Savva Dmitrievich, --- Russia --- Rural conditions. --- 19th century, Memoir, Peasants, Rural conditions, Russia, Russian Empire, Serfdom. --- Servitude --- Forced labor --- Land tenure --- Slavery --- Villeinage --- Persons --- Law and legislation
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Cette étude se fonde sur le cas du royaume de Bourgogne, formé par la Savoie, le Dauphiné et la Suisse romande et dont les sources font constamment référence au clivage entre hommes libres et hommes asservis, pour étudier les formes prises par la servitude tout au long du millénaire médiéval et pour proposer une réponse à la question controversée des origines et de la nature du servage.
Serfdom --- Slavery --- Servage --- Esclavage --- History --- Histoire --- Burgundy (France) --- Bourgogne (France) --- Paysannerie --- Seigneuries --- Bourgogne (royaume) --- Conditions sociales --- Conditions sociales. --- History.
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Serfdom --- Peasants --- Servage --- Paysannerie --- Soviet Union --- URSS --- Social conditions --- History --- Conditions sociales --- Histoire --- Russia --- Social conditions. --- History.
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Dependence and loss of freedom – be it partial or total – go hand in hand. During the Middle Ages, people were bonded together through a wide variety of ties that limited their freedom in different ways and to variable degrees.This volume explores these forms of unfreedom. Focusing on both the Iberian Peninsula and the Mediterranean from the eighth century until the fifteenth, the contributors focus on aspects such as transformations of terminology, implementation of different legal traditions across time and space, establishment and dissolution of bonds, and details of everyday life attached to these situations. Looking at the “ties that bind”, that is, the obligations acquired and everyday implications of the establishment of that dependence, this volume reflects on concepts such as captivity, slavery, manumission and serfdom, among others, and their appearance in the sources.
Medieval & Renaissance Studies --- slavery --- serfdom --- dependence --- manumission --- Mediterranean --- Middle Ages --- Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500
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Slavery --- Esclavage --- -Abolition of slavery --- Antislavery --- Enslavement --- Mui tsai --- Ownership of slaves --- Servitude --- Slave keeping --- Slave system --- Slaveholding --- Thralldom --- Crimes against humanity --- Serfdom --- Slaveholders --- Slaves --- -Slavery --- Slavery - Greece
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Slavery --- -Abolition of slavery --- Antislavery --- Enslavement --- Mui tsai --- Ownership of slaves --- Servitude --- Slave keeping --- Slave system --- Slaveholding --- Thralldom --- Crimes against humanity --- Serfdom --- Slaveholders --- Slaves --- -Slavery --- Slavery - Greece
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