Excerpt from The Antiquary, Vol. 45: A Magazine Devoted to the Study of the Past; January-December, 1909
There is a popular impression that the existence of a yeomanry is a peculiarity of English tenures, an impression which is quite mistaken. On the contrary, we find a class corresponding very closely to our English yeomen in pre-revolutionary France, where some of the landowners bearing the de were only yeomen, and also in the South, where the mas called after the owner's name is a sign of ancient possession. Nor is the proud Bauer of Southern Germany, with his family-tree and his territorial style.
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