SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES:
Serfs were unfree peasants, and peasants are free and unfree. They are alike because they were both grouped together. They both lived on a lord's land. They both paid taxes. Serfs were owned by a lord, and a "free" peasant rented a lord's land, paying in crops.
EXTRA (just a little more info):
A free peasant usually owned very little. The wealthier peasants owned a few pots and a bedstand. They rented part of a lord's land and usually shared it w/ other families. The homes were cottages w/ one or two rooms in them.
Serfs were "owned" by a lord and paid heavy taxes, even though the lord owned them. They tended fields and gave the crops they harvested to the lord. They had a small patch of field for their own crops.
BIBLIOGRAPHY (I can't take all of the credit, you know)
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History Alive the Medieval World and Beyond
Serfs and peasants were both commoners who worked the land for a lord or noble in exchange for protection and a place to live. They typically had limited rights and freedoms, and their lives were heavily dependent on the land they worked.
No, serfs, villeins, and peasants were not the same class in the feudal class structure. Serfs were laborers tied to the land, villeins were a type of unfree peasant with certain obligations to the lord, and peasants were more of a broad category of rural laborers that included both serfs and freemen.
Yes, serfs in medieval Europe did travel, but their movement was mostly restricted to the lands owned by their feudal lord. They rarely traveled far from their homes due to legal and social constraints. Travel for serfs was usually for purposes approved by their lord, such as attending fairs or religious pilgrimages.
Serfs in Russia were officially freed in 1861 by Tsar Alexander II through the Emancipation Manifesto. The emancipation was part of a series of reforms aimed at modernizing the country and addressing social issues.
The poll taxes levied during the Peasants' Revolt in 1381 were intended to fund the Hundred Years' War between England and France. These taxes were particularly burdensome on the poor peasants who were already struggling with economic hardship. The revolt was triggered by the collection of these taxes, which ultimately led to a widespread uprising of peasants across England.
Peasants in China supported the Communist Party because it promised land redistribution and social equality, addressing issues of oppression and poverty they faced under previous regimes. The Communist Party also mobilized peasants in rural areas, providing them with a sense of power and empowerment.
The European Serfs.
Serfs worked for all the upper classes of society in their time. basically, they were peasants-- they are peasants.
The Serfs lived under the estates of the Lord, along with Peasants.
I believe peons, serfs and rubes are peasants. Peasants usually farm for food, some hunt, I believe. They are said to eat mostly cabbage and barley.
The people they paid??
A serf was a peasant, but not all peasants were serfs.A peasant is usually a farmer. A peasant could be free or not, and though most were doubtless poor, we find references to well-to-do or prosperous peasants. Serfs are peasants legally bound to a lord's land, and were not allowed to move away. Serfs usually had to provide labor in exchange for a place to live and work.
Serfs, peasants, villeins.
serfs and freeholders (peasants)
Serfs and Peasants
Peasants and serfs
Serfs and Freemen
Serfs just what you asked in your question. Sometimes they were referred to as villain.