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What did it mean for the peasants that the adscription (stavnsbåndet) was abolished in 1788?

In the exam (Danish)

Hvad betød det for bønderne, at stavnsbåndet blev ophævet i 1788?

  1. aYoung men could now move freely away from the estate where they were born.Unge mænd kunne nu frit flytte væk fra det gods, hvor de var født.Correct answer
  2. bThe peasants were forbidden to own their own land and farm.Bønderne fik forbud mod at eje deres egen jord og gård.
  3. cAll peasants were forced to move to the towns and work there.Alle bønder blev tvunget til at flytte ind og arbejde i byerne.

Why?

The adscription tied young men to the estate where they were born. It was abolished in 1788 and had completely gone by 1800, so they could move freely.

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Source

Questions from past Medborgerskabsprøve papers (danskogproever.dk), reproduced verbatim with their official answers by permission of the Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration (SIRI), and our own practice questions on the facts of the official study material. The explanations are ours. Questions whose official answer no longer holds have been left out. The English translation and the explanations were made with AI help; in the test the questions are asked in Danish. We are not affiliated with SIRI.

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