Grundhold
As ALQUERIA in the Middle Ages were farmers referred to outside the Fronhofes working on their own farms, but taxes to the landlords had to give.
Like the serfs, they were not entirely unfree, but their freedom was limited by their position as the backbearers of a landlord due to their peasant service and interest payments (see also serfdom ). In contrast to the serfs, they were also allowed to acquire and dispose of real estate. Most of the time, however, the work took place on the Fronhof and so it was often the family members who had to cultivate their own land. Unlike the arable citizen , the Grundhold had no civil rights and was much more burdened with forced labor.
The word "Holde" means subject, especially a person who has certain obligations to another because of their property, such as B. Loyalty, obedience, services and dues. With Holden, from the 15th century on with Grundholden, farmers were referred to who had received their land - often as inheritance - in return for paying taxes in the form of money or in kind. These farmers were dependent on the landowner and were partly sold by him along with their property.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ JG Krünitz: Economic Encyclopedia . kruenitz1.uni-trier.de
- ↑ Grundholde. In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 9 : Greander gymnastics - (IV, 1st section, part 6). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1935 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).
- ↑ Brockhaus Konversationslexikon . Volume 8. Leipzig / Berlin / Vienna 1902, p. 453