They were servants who usually worked for the women of the house.
Serfs and Freemen
Because they were
Peasants and serfs
serfs and freeholders (peasants)
serfs
They didnt have stockpiles of extra food; they were dependent on the recent harvest.
Feudal estates were farmed by peasants. For much of the Middle Ages, the peasants were serfs, which meant that they were bound to the estates and not allowed to move away. There were some places where a lot of them were slaves. There were also places were they were mostly free peasants who were tenants on the estates.
Life in the middle ages was hard. Many of the peasants or serfs lived in huts. The lords and Ladies usually owned an estate, were many serfs would work. They would pay part of all they grew to the lords and Ladies.
The three estates are: Church Nobility peasants and finally if you want to count them serfs.
Yes they could, as they were higher in position than the citizens, serfs & peasants.
Most of the people were peasants/serfs and spent most of their time farming and growing food.
serfs