Plural of corvée; multiple instances or types of required feudal labor obligations.
Regular English pluralization of 'corvée' by adding 's,' maintaining the Old French and Latin roots.
Medieval records sometimes listed different corvees separately—plowing days, harvest days, mill days—showing how rulers micromanaged peasant time with the precision of modern scheduling apps.
Plural of corvée; same gendered labor erasure applies—medieval records undercount women's compulsory service, treating it as natural domestic duty rather than extractive labor.
When referencing multiple corvée systems or obligations, specify whether women's unpaid household labor is included or has been historically omitted from counts.
["compulsory labor obligations","feudal labor duties"]
Historians now recognize that 'corvées' as documented excluded the majority labor performed by women; inclusive analysis requires explicit inclusion of domestic corvée.
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