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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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A unique book that takes the reader on an international tour of perceptions of land tenure security.

Land tenure. --- Land use, Rural. --- Rural land use --- Agrarian tenure --- Feudal tenure --- Freehold --- Land ownership --- Land question --- Landownership --- Tenure of land --- Land use --- Agriculture --- Land use, Rural --- Real property --- Land, Nationalization of --- Landowners --- Serfdom

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Slavery --- Indian Ocean Region --- History --- Africa --- Asia --- Slave trade --- Abolition of slavery --- Antislavery --- Enslavement --- Mui tsai --- Ownership of slaves --- Servitude --- Slave keeping --- Slave system --- Slaveholding --- Thralldom --- Crimes against humanity --- Serfdom --- Slaveholders --- Slaves --- Enslaved persons

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It was once assumed that nearly all agricultural labourers in medieval Europe were serfs. Serfdom was distinct from slavery in that serfs could contract legitimate marriages, hold personal property and could not be moved around at will. Historians more recently moved away from examining servile condition and its implications and focused on the seigneurial regime and village society with little regard for the influence of status.In the Middle Ages and indeed in all pre-industrial societies, the vast majority of the population tilled the land. We are still not in a good position to evaluate how noble and ecclesiastical landlords received revenues from lands they were only indirectly engaged in farming, despite this being a basic factor that governed medieval society. What kind of agricultural system provided the impetus for economic growth that so dramatically increased the number of cities and volume of trade?There is no modern, synthetic book on medieval serfdom that compares regions or draws general conclusions about it. This work attempts such a synthesis and also shows avenues of future research, but most importantly it is intended to reorient attention to the importance of serfdom in the structure of medieval society.

Land tenure --- Land tenure. --- Leibeigener. --- Leibeigenschaft. --- Peasants --- Peasants. --- Serfdom --- Serfdom. --- History --- Geschichte 1200-1600. --- To 1599. --- Europe. --- Germany. --- Göttingen <2003>. --- Mitteleuropa. --- Nordeuropa. --- Peasantry --- Agricultural laborers --- Rural population --- Marks (Medieval land tenure) --- Villeinage --- Servitude --- Forced labor --- Slavery --- Agrarian tenure --- Feudal tenure --- Freehold --- Land ownership --- Land question --- Landownership --- Tenure of land --- Land use, Rural --- Real property --- Land, Nationalization of --- Landowners --- Law and legislation --- Acqui 2006 --- Servage --- Histoire --- Europe

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Slavery --- African Americans --- Regions & Countries - Americas --- History & Archaeology --- United States - General --- Black history --- Abolition of slavery --- Antislavery --- Enslavement --- Mui tsai --- Ownership of slaves --- Servitude --- Slave keeping --- Slave system --- Slaveholding --- Thralldom --- Crimes against humanity --- Serfdom --- Slaveholders --- Slaves --- History --- African Americans history --- history --- Enslaved persons