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He furnished such articles as, _Deluge, Corvee, Societe_ for the Encyclopedia and wrote several large and extremely learned books, among them _Recherches sur l'origine du Despotisme oriental_ and
Baron D'Holbach : a Study of Eighteenth Century Radicalism in France Max Pearson Cushing 1918
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Deluge, Corvee, Societe for the Encyclopedia and wrote several large and extremely learned books, among them Recherches sur l'origine du Despotisme oriental and Antiquite devoilee.
Baron d'Holbach Cushing, Max Person 1914
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First the Corvee, or feudal rule which forced every unprivileged farmer and peasant in France to furnish so many days 'labour for the maintenance of the highways.
Diderot and the Encyclopaedists Morley, John, 1838-1923 1905
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Allied to this system of land exploitation comes the Corvee, or forced labour exacted from the country people for road making.
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The most convincing evidence for outsiders on this land exploitation and on the harshness of the Corvee comes from Japanese sources.
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To: HiJinx; dennisw; SJackson; Yehuda rmlew (The SAVE and GIVE acts are institutioning Corvee.
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