Slavery in medieval Europe | Wikipedia audio article
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Slavery in medieval Europe


00:01:06 1 Early Middle Ages
00:02:46 2 Slave trade
00:03:53 2.1 Italian merchants
00:06:04 2.2 Jewish merchants
00:08:15 2.3 Iberia
00:10:06 2.4 Vikings
00:12:05 2.5 Mongols
00:12:57 2.6 British Isles
00:13:21 2.7 Christians holding Muslim slaves
00:14:30 2.8 Slave trade at the close of the Middle Ages
00:15:23 3 Slavery in law
00:15:32 3.1 Secular law
00:16:44 3.2 Canon law
00:17:38 4 Slavery in the Byzantine Empire
00:17:48 5 Slavery in the Crusader states
00:19:58 6 Slavery in Muslim Iberia
00:20:46 7 Slavery in Christian Iberia
00:28:16 8 Slavery in Moldavia and Wallachia
00:30:24 9 Slavery in the Medieval Near East
00:36:24 10 Slavery in the Ottoman Empire
00:38:24 11 Slavery in Poland
00:38:41 12 Slavery in Russia
00:41:00 13 Slavery in Scandinavia
00:42:00 14 Slavery in the British Isles
00:42:48 15 Serfdom versus slavery
00:47:30 16 Justifications for slavery
00:51:12 17 See also



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Slavery had mostly died out in western Europe about the year 1000, replaced by serfdom. It lingered longer in England and in peripheral areas linked to the Muslim world, where slavery continued to flourish. Slavery became more widespread in Ireland throughout the 11th century, as Dublin became the biggest slave market in Western Europe. Church rules suppressed slavery of Christians. Most historians argue the transition was quite abrupt around 1000, but some see a gradual transition from about 300 to 1000.In the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire , slaves became quite rare by the first half of 7th century A shift in the view of slavery is noticed, which by the 10th century transformed gradually a slave-object into a slave-subject. From 11th century, semi-feudal relations largely replaced slavery, seen as "an evil contrary to natury, created by man's selfishness", although slavery was permitted by the law.The major European languages, including English, used variations of the word "slave", in references to Slavic laborers of Byzantium.