Serfdom is a form of slavery in which the serfs are considered to be part of the land upon which they live. They have no right to move someplace else, but neither does anybody else have the right to move them. When the land is sold, the serfs go with it.
The owner of the land is entitled to whatever the land can produce, and that includes whatever the serfs can produce.
I suppose you could say that they work for the landowner, but that's pretty far removed from what we talk about today when "work" usually means the same as "employment." I think it would be more accurate to say that the serfs worked for themselves, but the landowner had the right (and the might) to take as much of their produce he wanted.
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I would agree with the above in large part. But to say serfs were slaves is not quite accurate, because they were free except for the fact that they could not leave the manor and had to pay rent. And to say that the landowner had the right to as much of the production as he wanted is not true - the amount was usually stipulated. Also, serfs sometimes worked for money, and this was especially true of those serfs who were not agricultural.
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In the early middle ages, a nobles estate. But in later times, most likely on the manor or in a dirty, smelly, small hut in the town.
The serfs of The Middle Ages served the Lords and noblemen and lived on their land.
Vassals were loyal to the person(s) above them. Therefore a king may have a vassal who may have other vassals loyal to him. A vassal has power over his serfs, or his vassals. Also the vassals have power over the peasents.
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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?
Hard to say since there are no serfs now
Serfs were slaves who were owned by nobles.