freemen

(noun)

Men who were not serfs in the feudal system.

Related Terms

  • serfs
  • demesne
  • villein
  • Demesne
  • Serfs

Examples of freemen in the following topics:

  • The Seven Kings

    • After founding and naming Rome, as the story goes, he permitted men of all classes to come to Rome as citizens, including slaves and freemen, without distinction.
  • The Manor System

    • Villeins had more rights and a higher status than the lowest serf, but existed under a number of legal restrictions that differentiated them from freemen.
  • Crises of the Republic

    • This system consisted of noble families of the senatorial rank (patricians), the knight or equestrian class, citizens (grouped into two or three classes of self-governing allies of Rome, landowners, and plebs or tenant freemen depending on the time period), non-citizens who lived outside of southwestern Italy, and at the bottom, slaves.
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