... were heavily taxed, as well as paying a tithe of one tenth of their wage to the church, and they were required to relinquish most of what they harvested. According to medieval law, their lives were virtually dominated by their lord and the church. From the point of view of the English law, the whole country became the property of the crown ... daughter for the first time (he only received money for the daughter's first marriage because the very short life expectancy during this period often resulted in people being married several times throughout their life). These limitations upon the...

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