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The peasants in most places, for most of the middle ages, were not owned. Looked at another way, they owned themselves. Slavery was prohibited either by law or by custom in most medieval societies. There were exceptions. Vikings allowed slavery of captives, but they stopped doing that before the middle ages ended. Slaves were allowed in Scotland, because of Viking influence, but they stopped fairly early.
Most peasants were serfs in Western Europe. Serfs were not slaves. They were not free either, because they were legally bound to the land they worked and could not leave it. But they did pretty much what they liked as long as they pitched in with others on the communal lands and paid their rent. They could not be bought or sold, and they had a right to the land, so a landlord could not arbitrarily evict them.
Serfdom declined with the passing of time. When that happened most peasants were free, which gave them to right to move away and seek a better life.
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What did peasants working on foreign-owned plantations suffer from?
There was no foreign owned plantations in the middle ages. The "plantation" system developed in the south and Caribbean in the late 1700's and early 1800's. This is several hundred years after the middle ages. Peasants worked on the land owned by the king. In Europe in the middle ages there was a patch work of holdings by nobles who gained land from marriages and the king as a reward for service. There wasn't "foreign owned" lands.
What did peasants do at renaissance faires?
what did the peasants do in the middle ages
What was the good thing of being a peasant in the middle ages?
The peasants of the Middle Ages had very few responsibilities.
Do peasants like going to church in the middle ages?
no
What did peasants eat during the middle ages?
bread .
Did peasants in the middle ages have to pay tax?
yes they did
What types of peasants were there in the middle ages?
Serfs and Freemen
Did peasants wear hats in the middle ages?
Yes, some peasants wore hats.
Did peasants in the middle ages worship god?
yes because they believed that god chose who was born into a family so that means they belive in god
Why did serfs and peasants get treated unfairly in the middle ages?
Because they were
Who did the farming during the middle ages?
Tenate farmers/peasants
What were the regular or poor people in middle ages?
Peasants and serfs
