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The serfs worked for the lords and the lords gave them land and food and protection
Serfs differed from slaves in some important respects, and one of them is that they were not owned. They could not be bought or sold. They were not free because they were bound to the land they lived on and could not move away. If the owner of a manor sold it, the serfs stayed on the manor. They were not sold with the manor, but they did belong there, and the new owner could not move them off the land.
The relationship between the serf and the owner of the manor was one of mutual obligation. The serf had to work and provide a part of the crops to the lord. The lord had to provide the serf with a place to live and a plot of land to farm and protection. Buying a manor meant buying the obligation to protect the serfs who lived there.
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∙ 11y agoAbout ninety percent of the medieval popoulation were peasants. There were free peasants who owned their lands, and peasants who became serfs because they gave their land to a landowner for help and protection. The lord, on the other hand, gave land and dwelling in exchange for work on the land and goods that the serfs gave him. Serfs worked on manors. They had to farm the demense (the land the lord kept in his direct ownership, the crops grown there were harvested for the lord) as well as their own piece of land. It is important to rememeber that the serfs did not have their land as their own property, the just had the right to use it. All the land belonged to the lords. That is why the lords could 'force' them to farm all the land. Peasants used their lands as tenants. In exchange for this right, the lord wanted produce and services from them: it was usual to demand one tenth of the produce from the tenants (tax), and some other goods(poultry, eggs) usually on set occasions , and of course the free work on the demesne.
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What did the lord provide for the serf?
Magnum xl's
What is the relationship between knight and serf?
their all from medieval times
In Medieval Times serfs were the responsibility of?
The nobility. They were a little more than a slave, so if the lord sold the land or estate that the serf was attached to the serf was sold too as part of the estate.
How do you use the word serf in a sentence?
If a lord gave a knight land with serfs on it the serfs would take care of it and if the knight moved the serfs wouldn't. Once you are a serf you can't go back neither can your family. So your children and their children and their children and so on have to be a serf. So to answer your question: A serf stayed with the land. I also gave you a definition on a serf. And there is a bunch of sentences with serfs in them above.
What does serf mean in history?
An agricultural laborer bound under the feudal system to work on his lord's estate.
What was the relationship between nobles and peasants?
A Serf was the lowest in the Social Caste in Medieval times, while the Lord and the Lady owned Manors (Households) which were typically larger than most of today's houses. The Lord and Lady were middle class people, and a Serf served the lord and the Lady.
Lord is to vassal as serf is to?
Peasant
What best desrbibes a serf?
A serf was a person below the lord who was tied to the fief, or piece of land, that they worked on. In other words, a serf was every class below the lords who worked for the lord.
Was the feudal system a good method?
It depends whether you were a serf or a lord. If you were a lord it was generally good. If you were a serf it wasn't a very good system
What did a serf call their owner?
Your question is not entirely correct in its premise; a serf is not a slave and does not have an owner. A serf is a subject of a land owner whom the serf would address as lord.
What did the lord provide for the serf?
Magnum xl's
What are the differences between a vassal and a serf?
A vassal is a free person who enters into a mutual agreement with a lord to provide military or other services in exchange for land, while a serf is a peasant who is bound to the land and obligated to work for a lord in exchange for protection and security. Vassals have more autonomy and legal rights compared to serfs.
Who was a person who served a lord?
a vassal or a serf google them
What is the opposite of lord?
peasant or serf, or lady
What was the vassal duty?
To work for the lord or manor and fight when there was a war. A vassal was a serf and the word "serf" is Greek for slave.
How can you use the word serf in a sentence?
The serf worked tirelessly in the fields for his lord, without hope of escaping his feudal obligations.
Serf living on a manor look to resolve conflict with another serf?
A legal conflict between a serf living on a manor with another serf is resolved by the Lord of the Manor or by a court system of sherriffs and bailiffs. Before this, conflicts were settled through parties beating each other.
