A ''mansus'', sometimes anglicised as
manse, 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
Unit may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* UNIT, a fictional military organization in the science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''
* Unit of action, a discrete piece of action (or beat) in a theatrical presentation
Music
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Sources
*Halsall, Guy. ''Warfare and Society in the Barbarian West, 450-900'' (London: Routledge, 2003), p. 93.
Units of area