Rural administration remained primarily the preserve of the large landholders and of a few law-enforcement officials. In 1733, low crop prices caused the introduction of adscription, an effort by the landlords to obtain cheap labor. The effect of this was to turn the previously free Danish peasantry into serfs. The adscription system tied rural laborers to their place of birth and required them to rent farms on the estates.
Rural administration remained primarily the preserve of the large landholders and of a few law-enforcement offic.ials. In 1733 low crop prices caused the introduction of adscription, an effort by the landlords to obtain cheap labor The effect of this was to turn the previously free Danish peasantry into serfs. The adscription system tied rural laborers to their place of birth and, required them to rent farms on the estates.