{"title":"Evolution of Servant Laws in the Habsburg Empire","authors":"Ambika Natarajan","doi":"10.1353/oas.2024.a929386","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Abstract:</p><p>The evolution of the legal status of servants in Europe is a sparsely researched field. Concentrating on the case of the Habsburg Empire since the sixteenth century, this article emphasizes the importance of considering the evolution of servant laws in discussions about protective legislation for servants. This article argues that the issue of granting rights and protections to servants has always pivoted on the definition of their status in society. Since servants occupied an intermediary position on the freedom scale, the control of people who occupied this position—not slave, yet not entirely free—has been a point of concern for several centuries. Research on how servant laws have historically contributed to the survival of paternalistic attitudes that cripple the rights and freedoms of servants is essential to understanding the more complex parameters of race, gender, and class that govern the lives of this category of predominantly migrant, minority, and female labor.</p></p>","PeriodicalId":40350,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Austrian Studies","volume":"24 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.1000,"publicationDate":"2024-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Austrian Studies","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1353/oas.2024.a929386","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The evolution of the legal status of servants in Europe is a sparsely researched field. Concentrating on the case of the Habsburg Empire since the sixteenth century, this article emphasizes the importance of considering the evolution of servant laws in discussions about protective legislation for servants. This article argues that the issue of granting rights and protections to servants has always pivoted on the definition of their status in society. Since servants occupied an intermediary position on the freedom scale, the control of people who occupied this position—not slave, yet not entirely free—has been a point of concern for several centuries. Research on how servant laws have historically contributed to the survival of paternalistic attitudes that cripple the rights and freedoms of servants is essential to understanding the more complex parameters of race, gender, and class that govern the lives of this category of predominantly migrant, minority, and female labor.
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The Journal of Austrian Studies is an interdisciplinary quarterly that publishes scholarly articles and book reviews on all aspects of the history and culture of Austria, Austro-Hungary, and the Habsburg territory. It is the flagship publication of the Austrian Studies Association and contains contributions in German and English from the world''s premiere scholars in the field of Austrian studies. The journal highlights scholarly work that draws on innovative methodologies and new ways of viewing Austrian history and culture. Although the journal was renamed in 2012 to reflect the increasing scope and diversity of its scholarship, it has a long lineage dating back over a half century as Modern Austrian Literature and, prior to that, The Journal of the International Arthur Schnitzler Research Association.
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