Serfdom and Slavery: Studies in Legal Bondage.

Abstract

Part 1 Comparative studies of serfdom and slavery: slvaery, serfdom and other forms of coerced labour - similarities and differences, Stanley L. Engerman some controversial questions concerning 19th-century emancipation from slavery and serfdom, Peter Kolchin. Part 2 Themes and case studies on slavery: continuity and change in Western slavery - ancient to modern times, William D. Phillips Jr the origin and establishment of Ancient Greek slavery, Tracey Rihll the hierarchical household in Roman society - a study of domestic slavery, Richard Saller emancipation in Byzantium - Roman law in a medieval society, Rosemary Morris New World slavery, Old World slavery, Howard Temperley slave exploitation and the elementary structure of enslavement, Robin Blackburn slave emancipation in modern history, David Turley. Part 3 Themes and case studies in serfdom: serfdom in medieval and modern Europe, Michael Bush on servile status in the early Middle Ages, Wendy Davies the rises and declines of serfdom in medieval and early modern Europe, Robert Brenner memories for freedom - attitudes towards serfdom in England, 1200-1350, Christopher Dyer subject farmers in Brandenberg-Prussia and Poland - village life and fortunes under manorialism in early modern Central Europe, William W. Hagen the serf economy and the social order in Russia, Steven Hoch when and why was the Russian peasantry emancipated?, Boris N. Mironov.