HIST 3902 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Analog Science Fiction And Fact, Hector, Putting-Out System
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Like contandino in italy or compasion in spain. Dependent relationship with someone from another class like land ownership which give them certain rights that the peasants hod to follow. At least 70% of population worked directly on the land indirect ow wakeners processing agriculture output or input for family would have increased size of the agricultural sector . All peasants possessed freedom of the person and were free to move. Law did not create obliging the peasantry to remain on the land and fixed to it like the russian serfs. For 1 million peasants there rights were constrained by the practice of mortmain" (mainmorte) if son can"t take land it reverts back to the lord that had it before them. Louis 14th only one place brought under france that had a small ptr peasantry. In 1779 king louis xvi abolished it on crowns lands and encouraged lords to follow his exam- ple.