Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Aug 31, 2008 13:21
15 yrs ago
English term
boon work
English to French
Social Sciences
History
Medieval History
In return for various services – week work or boon work – or payments, the peasants received land to cultivate.
This term appears in a text describing the effects of the manorial system on peasants.
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Nadia
This term appears in a text describing the effects of the manorial system on peasants.
Thanks a lot for your help.
Nadia
Proposed translations
(French)
| 4 +1 | corvées |
Melzie
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| 2 +1 | travail volontaire |
Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
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| 3 | travail saisonnier |
Jennifer Levey
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Sep 1, 2008 07:40: Melzie Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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24 mins
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corvées
Il se servira des corvées (journée de travail) fournies gratuitement par ses serfs pour entretenir les routes et chemins, remparts et ponts (le réseau routier romain est toujours utilisé et le seigneur perçoit un tonlieu (taxe) sous le prétexte que les marchandises traversent ses terres).
from http://pagesperso-orange.fr/historia2000/m_a_quotidien/paysa...
from http://pagesperso-orange.fr/historia2000/m_a_quotidien/paysa...
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Comment: "Thanks for your help."
+1
10 mins
Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
Spain
Spain
Specializes in field
Spain
Golf, Literature and Religion Specialist
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, French to Spanish, Spanish
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4
11 mins
Jennifer Levey
Chile
Chile
Native in English
Chile
Human-scale Globalization
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 2 more.
travail saisonnier
See explantion on p. 36 here: http://www.scribd.com/doc/3451738/Mediaeval-Socialism
In modern French that would correspond to 'travail saisonnier'.
I imagine there is a specific term in mediaeval French, but I can't help you there...
In modern French that would correspond to 'travail saisonnier'.
I imagine there is a specific term in mediaeval French, but I can't help you there...
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