'corvée' in Thomas Piketty's 'Capital in the Twenty First Century': An Introduction

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(noun) unpaid labor (as toward constructing roads) due from a feudal vassal to his lord / (noun) labor exacted in lieu of taxes by public authorities especially for highway construction or repair

serfs, on the other hand, had disposal over their own means of production and the land, but had to yield part of the fruits of their labour in the form of goods in kind to their lords (or perform corvée)

—p.60 Capital in the Twenty-First Century--What to Make of It? (55) by Ingo Stutzle, Stephen Kaufmann

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corvée (en)

Thomas Piketty's 'Capital in the Twenty First Century': An Introduction
by Ingo Stutzle, Stephen Kaufmann

Thomas Piketty's 'Capital in the Twenty First Century': An Introduction
by Ingo Stutzle, Stephen Kaufmann

Thomas Piketty's 'Capital in the Twenty First Century': An Introduction
by Ingo Stutzle, Stephen Kaufmann

corvée (en)

Thomas Piketty's 'Capital in the Twenty First Century': An Introduction by Ingo Stutzle, Stephen Kaufmann

Thomas Piketty's 'Capital in the Twenty First Century': An Introduction by Ingo Stutzle, Stephen Kaufmann

Thomas Piketty's 'Capital in the Twenty First Century': An Introduction by Ingo Stutzle, Stephen Kaufmann

Thomas Piketty's 'Capital in the Twenty First Century': An Introduction
by Ingo Stutzle, Stephen Kaufmann

Thomas Piketty's 'Capital in the Twenty First Century': An Introduction
by Ingo Stutzle, Stephen Kaufmann

Thomas Piketty's 'Capital in the Twenty First Century': An Introduction
by Ingo Stutzle, Stephen Kaufmann