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A person in the Middle Ages who had to rent a house did so for pretty much the same reasons people rent houses today, because they cannot afford to buy. But most people did not rent houses.

Serfs, who worked the land on manorial estates, worked in exchange for the place where they lived. They did not usually pay rent.

Certain types of peasants who were not serfs rented the places where they lived and worked, instead of working. These people were called freemen.

If a farmer had the ability to buy land, he could do so. A land owning farmer was a yeoman.

Most people who lived in town rented. People of the laboring classes, however, usually rented rooms or small apartments rather than houses. Merchants, who could afford better housing, rented or owned their own homes.

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