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A '''''mansus''''', sometimes anglicised as manse, was a unit of land assessment in medieval France, roughly equivalent of the [[Hide (unit)|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 ==
* Units of measurement in France before the French Revolution

==Sources==
*Halsall, Guy. ''Warfare and Society in the Barbarian West, 450-900'' (London:  Routledge, 2003), p.&nbsp;93.

[[Category:Units of area]]

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