6:00 AM - Roosters would wake most villagers up. At this time, most peasants started they daily activities normally by dressing and eating breakfast. A peasant's breakfast consisted of mostly vegetables, water, fruits and bread.
7:00 AM - The castle's bells would ring (if any) and serfs were required to start work at this time.In winter, peasants were most likely to wake up until 8 AM.
8:00 AM - Work continued, There were not many interludes for serfs; in the other hand, free peasants; could have many breaks.
9:00 AM - Work for serfs continued; they were not allowed to drink or eat anything in the farms, but nevertheless; most of them managed to contraband goods such as water. Peasants would farm a lot as well, but serfs were the true workers.
10:00 AM - The first interlude for serfs. When a noble was generous, he'd let the serfs rest for up to half an hour at this time. Draconian nobles would impose rules against resting.
11:00 AM - Labor was at its peak. Peasants were required to work and work at this time. In the interim, nobles were usually riding their horses or taking care of business. Most nobles would live out of the work of their serfs.
12:00 AM - Serfs continued working.
1:00 PM - Serfs would be normally given a time-off at this time since the sun would burn them otherwise. Farms were very hot places in which the sun was strong enough to make very painful burns. Serfs usually died at an early age--we can deduce that cancer had a lot to do with that (but we can't be sure).
2:00 PM - Work at farms continued. Children were usually playing in the gardens or farming as well. Their mothers spent a great amount of time at home--preparing food, teaching their kids new knowledge and doing house-work. Nevertheless, a women could also be a serf; thus some of them worked many hours at the farms.
3:00 PM - Work continued.
4:00 PM - This was the official resting time. Nobles would normally have glorious feasts with more food than a serf would see in a month. Serfs usually ate bread, vegetables and water. Under good circumstances, they had meat (usually in holidays).
5:00 PM - Serfs were required to return to work.
6:00 PM - Work continued.
7:00 PM - Work for serfs continued.
8:00 PM - Labor usually finished for the day. Serfs were paid a very small amount of money; from which, they were required to pay a lot of taxes.
9:00 PM - Serf's dinner.
10:00 PM - Serfs would often go to sleep at this time. In the meantime, at the castle, nobles would be having another feast. Dinner was their favorite meal and castles were full of servants to provide nobles with whatever they wanted.
Serfs were mostly farmers, and farmers always rise early. Nevertheless, there were no clocks available, and writers did not record much about serfs, so we can only guess that they probably rose around four or five in the morning in summer, possibly later in winter. The sun comes up pretty early in England in the summer compared to the United States. In Scotland it comes up even earlier. When serfs rose in the northern areas, they probably rose early and the sun was already up, even if it was four in the morning. In winter, they arose in the dark.
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There are no serfs in Russia today.
Serfs were barely above slaves themselves. I doubt any serfs ever owned slaves.
The serfs were tied to the land they lived on and farmed.
Serfs owed crops to their lords.Apex.
When Alexander II freed the serfs (peasants) in Russia in 1861. The serfs were never truly freed. The Russian government bought land from the landowners to give to the serfs, but the serfs were required to repay the Russian government. These repayments took 49 years and the serfs stayed on the land until it was fully repaid.
How could the Crusades change a serfs’ life?
The serfs belonged to the poor class.
The plural of the word "serf" is "serfs."