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This document discusses the historiography around when and why ancient slavery ended in Europe. It summarizes the views of different historians like Marc Bloch, Georges Duby, and Marxists. Bloch argued slavery declined between the 5th-9th centuries AD for religious, military, and economic reasons, as many masters found slaves too costly to maintain. Subsequent historians have debated whether serfdom was continuous with slavery or distinct, and have proposed various time periods from the 5th-11th centuries f

Author

Carolina Rivas

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