annika björklund and the master family, at least among lay people. Because according to this study, ecclesiastic testaments differ in this matter, as the share of priests’ testaments mentioning servants is high in the 1300s. This difference invites further research. Among the testaments, there is only one example of a servant who changed employers, namely the Elisabeth mentioned at the beginning of this text. She continued to be a servant. Elisabeth was also one of only a handful servants who wrote their own testament. These two circumstances make her quite unique among medieval servants. 353
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