They were called serfs. Since they were not slaves, it is not precise to say they were owned by the lord.
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Feudal government was an unfair system used in ancient timesFeudalism involves a hierarchy consisting of a king, nobles, and peasants. The king grants land to the nobles and the nobles have peasants work the land. The peasants are provided shelter, food, and protection in exchange for increasing the wealth of the nobles.
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In the Middle Ages, a villein was a peasant who, under the feudal system of land tenure that prevailed in Europe in the Middle Ages, paid dues and services to a lord in exchange for land. Villeins were not slaves, and were named as freemen and freewomen in medieval documents, however they were not free. They, and their land and possessions belonged to the lord of the manor. They were not free to leave the manor, and they were subject to a very large number of obligations required by the lord, including work on the lord's land two or three days a week, additional work at harvest, and the payment of manorial dues. In lots of places they also had to pay for the right to brew ale, bake bread, and grind corn at the mill, that was probably owned by the lord.
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If they were peasants they worked for a lord
Surfs were peasants or serfs in medieval times who were tied to the land and owned by a lord. They were not free and had to provide labor, pay taxes, and give a portion of their crops to the lord in exchange for protection and the right to live on the land.
__________ were peasants who worked land for a lord in medieval Europe. a. Vassals b. Surfs c. Fiefs d. Knights
Pretty much whatever the lord of the manor said they were.
a contract between a peasant and their lord for protection and life in the medieval time
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) please see the link below, and History Alive the Medieval World and Beyond
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.
Medieval lords didn't "do" anything - they collected taxes and goods from their peasants in order to do whatever they wanted. Theoretically, in return, they provided protection for the peasants and helped them out if they were starving and such, but not all lords were nice people.
The bailiff was appointed by the lord to collect rent from tenants on the manor. he supervised the services due to the lord from his tenants. he also represented the peasants to the lord. he helped oversee the peasants work, and managed the day-to-day profits and expenses of the manor
A "lord" was a landlord pure and simple. The word was shortened to "lord". The "lord" owned the estates/manor/property that 90% of the people lived on as tenet farmers.
Europeans in the Middle Ages who were forced to work the land of a lord were called medieval peasants. They were usually forced to work on farms after they swore an oath to their lord.
Peasants were usually uneducated and only able to do menial labor or farming jobs. They usually worked the land on a manor estate, paying rent by providing the Lord with their harvest. They were also did much of the construction of roads and bridges, as well as cared for the animals on the Lord's property..