A peasant or serf could become a free man if:
- he married a free woman
- he ran away and wasn't found for a year
He could also become a lord if he married a lady
Peasant/serf
You couldn't. Where you were born is where you stayed. Born a serf stayed a serf, born a peasant stayed a peasant, born noble stayed noble. Nobles could move to some extent if they pleased the crown, but that was it.
A peasant who was bound to a manor was a serf.
Peasant
In the Middle Ages there was no social diversity. People were born into a class of people and that is where they stayed. If they were a peasant they stayed a peasant, a serf stayed a serf, clergy stayed with the church, and the nobility stayed in their class. A noble didn't marry a peasant and a peasant didn't become educated since there were no schools. There was no upward mobility within the society.
A peasant was a small farmer, who might be a serf, a free tenant, or even a yeoman who had his own land. A serf was usually a peasant, but not always. A serf bound to a manor, and was not free to leave it. Aside from being a farmer, serf could also be a laborer of some type. So many peasants were serfs, and most serfs were peasants.
A serf could quit there job, but they would have to escape and remain away from there lords land for one year. Then they would be free and were a average day peasant's.
Peasant/serf
You couldn't. Where you were born is where you stayed. Born a serf stayed a serf, born a peasant stayed a peasant, born noble stayed noble. Nobles could move to some extent if they pleased the crown, but that was it.
Peasant
A peasant who is bound to land is a serf, while a fief is an estate granted to a vassal.
A peasant who was bound to a manor was a serf.
Peasant
In the Middle Ages there was no social diversity. People were born into a class of people and that is where they stayed. If they were a peasant they stayed a peasant, a serf stayed a serf, clergy stayed with the church, and the nobility stayed in their class. A noble didn't marry a peasant and a peasant didn't become educated since there were no schools. There was no upward mobility within the society.
1) If a serf could run away for a year and one day, it was considered free. 2) if the noble gave the serf permission, it could stop working on the land
peasant or serf, or lady
A serf or peasant