Legal Definitions - nativitas

nativitas

In history, nativitas refers to the state of being a serf or being in bondage.

During the Middle Ages, many peasants were in nativitas, meaning they were bound to the land they worked on and had to provide labor and goods to their lord.

In some societies, people could be born into nativitas, meaning they were born into a life of servitude and could not leave without permission from their lord.

The examples illustrate how nativitas was a form of servitude or bondage that was common in many societies throughout history. Peasants who were in nativitas were not free to leave their land or seek better opportunities, and were often subject to harsh treatment from their lords. Being born into nativitas meant that a person was destined to a life of servitude, with little hope of ever escaping their circumstances.