10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MERCHET»
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merchet in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
The Decline of Serfdom in Late Medieval England: From ...
Merchet Merchet is one ofthe most ubiquitous incidents ofpersonal servility,
recorded on 14 of the 23 manors after 1349. It had been even more widespread
before 1349.126 However, by the 1390s only nine manors still imposed merchet,
and ...
2
Women and Gender in Medieval Europe: An Encyclopedia
Merchet was the payment made by female serfs for permission to marry in
England. It was due to the lord on the occasion of their marriages, and it could be
given by the women themselves, their relatives, or their husbands. Merchet is
usually ...
3
Conflict and Compromise in the Late Medieval Countryside: ...
Merchet Another such symbolic right was the bishop's control of land through his
control of marriage. Ancient custom in Durham required most women not of the
upper stratum of free tenants to pay a fine known as merchet when they married ...
Peter Lionel Larson,
2006
4
Women in Thirteenth-century Lincolnshire
Peasant women and property: the merchet debate Liability to merchet was an
important mark of villeinage in the thirteenth century, and both its function and
origins have provoked considerable debate. On the one hand, Eleanor Searle
has ...
Louise J. Wilkinson,
2007
5
Year Books of the Reign of King Edward the Third ...: XV
Villein tenure .... xjv Avowry for Merchet - - - - - xv Historical importance t,uf*?Mtrfy
£ in relation to Villenage and the History of the People - - xv Fables and
speculations on the subject, intermixed with facts ...... Xy The custom of Borough
English ...
Great Britain, Alfred John Horwood, Luke Owen Pike,
1891
6
The History of English Law
Bracton will just allow that the man who has to pay a merchet need not be a
bondman ; it may in a given case be an incident of unfree tenure rather than of
personal servility. However, though this test was commonly applied, we can not
say that ...
Frederick Pollock (Sir)), Frederic William Maitland,
1976
7
Women in England in the Middle Ages
Merchet tended to be levied at a higher rate if the girl married a man from
elsewhere and moved to another manor, and it was generally paid by the better-
off villeins.78 Manorial customs over the payment of merchet varied. At Park
before 1348 ...
8
The History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I
In Northumberland there certainly were lords of manors, lords of entire vills, who
paid merchet \ and then we have to remember that in Scotland, at least according
to the JRegiam Maiestatem, every woman, were she noble, were she serf, paid ...
Frederick Pollock, Frederic William Maitland,
2007
9
Before the Black Death: Studies in the "crisis" of the Early ...
Likewise, the improved conditions between 1313 and 1315 leave evidence of a
further eighteen marriages whereas only one merchet is paid in the most difficult
years from 1316-18 when recorded tenant deaths reach a maximum number.106
...
Bruce M. S. Campbell,
1992
10
New Perspectives on Medieval Scotland, 1093-1286
... appearing only in manuscripts of late fifteenth-century date.122 References to
the twin rights to merchet and blodwite over dwellers on the land do appear in
late twelfth- and thirteenth-century charter evidence but it is not at all clear that
such ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MERCHET»
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merchet is used in the context of the following news items.
France accused of 'judicial apartheid' over officers' acquittal over …
The police officers' lawyer, Daniel Merchet, said: "My clients were intimately convinced that they had commited no fault, no error, no crime. «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
4 Things France Can Do With Its Russian-Ordered Mistral Warships
In a column published in the L'Opinion newspaper in April, French journalist Jean-Dominique Merchet estimated that upkeep for the ships costs ... «The Moscow Times, May 15»
France could sell those Russian Mistral warships to China
French defence columnist Jean-Dominique Merchet wrote that the delay in the Mistral deal could cost French taxpayers as much as €5 million a ... «Business Insider, May 15»
766 years of Derbyshire manorial history now available in online …
... childwyte, a fine for births outside of wedlock; leyrwyte, a fine for fornication; merchet, permission from the lord for the marriage of daughters; ... «Derby Telegraph, May 15»
Caught in Limbo: French Navy Has No Use for Extra Mistrals, Looks …
Earlier Merchet said that the upkeep and maintenance costs of the two Mistrals, currently docked at the port in Saint-Nazaire, cost France €5 ... «Sputnik International, Apr 15»
Price of Stalling: Upkeep of Mistral Warships Costs France €5Mln a …
French defense columnist Jean-Dominique Merchet wrote in his column in L'Opinion newspapers that France will have to pay a high price for ... «Sputnik International, Apr 15»
Failure To Deliver Mistral Ships To Russia Could Cost French …
... than $1 billion) from France, in addition to a delayed delivery fine, Jean-Dominique Merchet, a French defense columnist wrote in L'Opinion. «International Business Times, Feb 15»
Qui sont les ex-militaires français devenus djihadistes ?
Décryptage. Loïc Signor interroge Jean-Dominique Merchet, journaliste spécialiste des questions Défense à l'Opinion, sur les ex-militaires ... «L'Opinion, Jan 15»
Was David Drugeon a French Intelligence Agent?
Further, the French defense columnist Jean-Dominique Merchet, whose work appears on L'Opinion, noted that his sources denied that a ... «War on the Rocks, Nov 14»
Should new jets or neighbours defend Swiss skies?
Jean-Dominique Merchet, a French journalist specialising in ... from a technical point of view, but it would come at a price,” says Merchet. «swissinfo.ch, Apr 14»