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Many of peasants on the manors were serfs. The serfs were part of the property. It a lord sold his manor, the new lord would own the serfs as well as the land. Unlike slaves, however, serfs could not be sold without the land.
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∙ 10y ago1st Answer:
The word "serf" is Latin for slave, so they were slaves. Peasants were not slaves they were tenant farmers working the land for the king and his nobles.
2nd Answer:
The serfs were bound to the soil, meaning that serfs could not move away from the manor on which they lived. The deal was two way, however, and the lord could not make them move away.
By contrast, free peasants were not bound to the soil. They were allowed to move away, but the lord of the manor could also fire them from their jobs and kick them out of their homes.
Serfs and freemen alike paid rent. Freemen were not usually organized the same way serfs were. And the rent they paid was more commonly money, where the serfs' rent was commonly in labor or a share of a crop.
The Latin word for slave was "servus." Deriving a description of the serf of the Middle Ages from a word from ancient Rome is not going to work, even though the word is related. They were different cultures, and the words had different meanings.
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What were the different classes in the middle ages or the dark ages?
Church, noble, peasant, serf.
What do you call a medieval person bound to the land?
Peasant/serf
Peasant who was considered to be part of the manor was known as?
A peasant who was bound to a manor was a serf.
What is a serf the same as in a fuedal system?
Peasant
What is another name for feudal peon?
A serf or peasant
What was the class structure during the medieval times?
The church, the nobility, and then the peasant. On the bottom was the serf/slave.
Was the monk a serf?
The word "serf" means slave and a monk was of the clergy. They were different people with different stations in life.
How were serfs different from peasants?
A peasant was a small farmer, who might be a serf, a free tenant, or even a yeoman who had his own land. A serf was usually a peasant, but not always. A serf bound to a manor, and was not free to leave it. Aside from being a farmer, serf could also be a laborer of some type. So many peasants were serfs, and most serfs were peasants.
What were the different classes in the middle ages or the dark ages?
Church, noble, peasant, serf.
What do you call a medieval person bound to the land?
Peasant/serf
Lord is to vassal as serf is to?
Peasant
A peasant who is bound to the land is a fief?
A peasant who is bound to land is a serf, while a fief is an estate granted to a vassal.
Peasant who was considered to be part of the manor was known as?
A peasant who was bound to a manor was a serf.
What is a peasant bound to the soil?
A peasant bound to the soil, also known as serfdom, was a system in feudal societies where peasants were tied to the land they worked on and were required to provide labor and goods to the landowner in exchange for protection and the right to farm the land. They had limited rights and freedoms, and their status was hereditary, passing from generation to generation.
What is a serf the same as in a fuedal system?
Peasant
What is Peasant bound to land?
They would be a serf.
What is another name for feudal peon?
A serf or peasant
