Manorial Landlordism and Serfdom in the Holy Roman Empire (12th–16th centuries)

1. High medieval rural expansion and lordship

   Jan 1, 1100Labels: Manor, Rural lordship

   • Britannica

2. Eastward settlement reshapes rural landholding

   Jan 1, 1150Labels: Ostsiedlung, New villages

   • Britannica
   • Ostsiedlung

3. Sachsenspiegel records customary legal norms

   Jan 1, 1235Labels: Sachsenspiegel, Customary law

   • Sachsenspiegel
   • Eike

4. Manorial courts and dues structure village life

   Jan 1, 1300Labels: Manorial court, Demesne

   • Britannica
   • Manorialism

5. Black Death disrupts labor and rural bargaining

   Jan 1, 1347Labels: Black Death, Labor market

   • Britannica
   • Britannica

6. Bundschuh conspiracies signal rising rural protest

   Jan 1, 1493Labels: Bundschuh, Rural protest

   • Bundschuh
   • Britannica

7. Reformation-era change intensifies conflicts over lordship

   Jan 1, 1520Labels: Reformation, Peasant demands

   • Britannica
   • Britannica Germany

8. Baltringen peasants submit written complaints

   Feb 16, 1525Labels: Baltringer Haufen, Petitions

   • Baltringer
   • Britannica

9. Twelve Articles drafted at Memmingen

   Mar 1, 1525Labels: Twelve Articles, Memmingen

   • GHDI
   • Britannica

10. German Peasants’ War spreads across regions

    Apr 1, 1525Labels: Peasants' War, Peasant bands

    • Britannica
    • Britannica Germany

11. Battle of Frankenhausen crushes key peasant force

    May 15, 1525Labels: Frankenhausen, Peasant army

    • Britannica Germany
    • Frankenhausen

12. Reprisals harden rural subordination after 1525

    Dec 31, 1525Labels: Reprisals, Rural subordination

    • Britannica
    • Britannica Germany

13. Peace of Augsburg reinforces territorial lordship

    Sep 25, 1555Labels: Peace of, Territorial rulers

    • Britannica
    • GHDI

14. Manorialism declines unevenly by the 1600s

    Jan 1, 1600Labels: Manorialism, Regional variation

    • Britannica