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Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . °: s ^=3-9 6, „ S n - o 3-a (§B ^ •£ . Pi S § s »> ~ >^ y o s s O o ?a :§>•§ I s^?- e s g fe ~ ^ a e §2 »•^ 1 -S -S p3 rt ^ c «i s .a O G a; iM s s O S 3 S -O u ?»-> rt r^ PJ OJ o rH ^ W O ?f. M> O «?« ?^ g ?3 2 ^ - 3 O O ^^ bo-s<J3 fi 6 o C T3 P^ i; 3 S o 5; -g g 16 Medieval and Modem Times Resemblance to it if it changed hands. Like the medieval serf, ^ they couldwSmdthe not be deprived of their fields so long as they paid the ownerlater serfs ^ certain part of their crop and worked for him during a periodfixed by the customs of the estate upon which they lived. Thissystem made it impossible for the farmer to become really inde-pendent, or for his son to become better off than he.Depopula- When a country is prosperous the population tends to increase. In the Roman Empire, even as early as Augustus, a falling offin numbers was apparent, which was bound to weaken the State.War, plague, the evil results of slavery, and the outrageousta