Interest farmers

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Copyholders , also interest people , fork people or Zensualen ( lat. Homines censuales ) were members of the Bauer article opposite to the landlord to make certain monetary charges (interest money to Latin census = duty rate) were required.

The Germanist Adelung defines the interest farmer as a farmer "who is bound to pay interest to the landowner for the enjoyment of his land".

Originating from the ancient patronage system , in the Middle Ages a marriage fee, a fee in the event of death and a head interest were owed.

By payment of interest head the biological legally binding could to the body Lord (for personal commitment compulsory labor to be replaced).

The interest owed was entered in the interest register and collected from the interest money .

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  1. ↑ Interest people. In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 31 : Z-Zmasche - (XV). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1956, Sp. 1528 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).
  2. ↑ Gabelleute. In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 4 : Forschel – retainer - (IV, 1st section, part 1). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1878, Sp. 1122 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).
  3. ↑ Zinsbauer. In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 31 : Z-Zmasche - (XV). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1956, Sp. 1505 ff . ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).
  4. ↑ Grammatical-critical dictionary of the High German dialect . 1811
  5. ↑ Stefan Esders: The formation of censorship. On the ecclesiastical transformation of the late Roman patronage system in the early Middle Ages . Constance working group for medieval history, special volume 54. Jan Thorbecke-Verlag, 2010, ISBN 978-3-7995-6764-0
  6. ^ Peter CA Schels: Zensuale . ( Memento of the original from February 25, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Small Encyclopedia of the German Middle Ages ; Retrieved February 25, 2017 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / u01151612502.user.hosting-agency.de
  7. ^ Wolfram Baer: Zensualen (Zinser) . In: Günther Grünsteudel, Günter Hägele, Rudolf Frankenberger (eds.): Augsburger Stadtlexikon Online ; Retrieved February 25, 2017