Mansus
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A mansus, sometimes anglicised as manse
, was a unit of land assessment in medieval France, roughly equivalent of the hide
. In the 9th century AD, it began to be used by Charlemagne to determine how many warriors would be provided: one for every three (later four) mansi, with smaller landholders collectively forming groups of three (later four). The mansus was also used to determine the amount of equipment expected.
Manse
A manse is a house inhabited by, or formerly inhabited by, a minister, usually used in the context of a Presbyterian, Methodist, Baptist or United Church...
, was a unit of land assessment in medieval France, roughly equivalent of the hide
Hide (unit)
The hide was originally an amount of land sufficient to support a household, but later in Anglo-Saxon England became a unit used in assessing land for liability to "geld", or land tax. The geld would be collected at a stated rate per hide...
. In the 9th century AD, it began to be used by Charlemagne to determine how many warriors would be provided: one for every three (later four) mansi, with smaller landholders collectively forming groups of three (later four). The mansus was also used to determine the amount of equipment expected.
Source
- Halsall, Guy. Warfare and Society in the Barbarian West, 450-900 (London: Routledge, 2003), p. 93.