They didnt have stockpiles of extra food; they were dependent on the recent harvest.
serfs and freeholders (peasants)
serfs
Serfs and Freemen
Because they were
Peasants and serfs
They were servants who usually worked for the women of the house.
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.
lots of hard work nobility was taught for knight hood and ladies in waiting serfs how do work
The European Serfs.
Serfs worked for all the upper classes of society in their time. basically, they were peasants-- they are peasants.
The peasants.
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.