A ''mansus'', sometimes anglicised as
manse
A manse () is a clergy house inhabited by, or formerly inhabited by, a minister, usually used in the context of Presbyterian, Methodist, Baptist and other Christian traditions.
Ultimately derived from the Latin ''mansus'', "dwelling", from '' ...
, 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.
See also
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Units of measurement in France before the French Revolution
The traditional French units of measurement prior to metrication were established under Charlemagne during the Carolingian Renaissance. Based on contemporary Byzantine units of measurement, Byzantine and Ancient Roman units of measurement, ancie ...
Sources
*Halsall, Guy. ''Warfare and Society in the Barbarian West, 450-900'' (London: Routledge, 2003), p. 93.
Units of area
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