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.
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 who was bound to a manor was a serf.
Peasant
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.
A peasant who is bound to land is a serf, while a fief is an estate granted to a vassal.
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 who was bound to a manor was a serf.
Peasant
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