Freemen
peasants would be allowed to own their farm land.
Peasants, or serfs, were required to provide William the Conqueror with various forms of labor and produce in exchange for land. This typically included a portion of their agricultural harvest, as well as services such as working on the lord's demesne (the lord's own land) and fulfilling other obligations, like military service or paying rents. In essence, their labor and produce served as the means through which they gained the right to occupy and farm the land.
Peasants often agreed to farm land owned by others due to a lack of alternatives for livelihood and economic survival. Many were bound by feudal obligations or lacked the resources to own their own land. In exchange for their labor, they received protection, housing, and a share of the crops, which provided a degree of stability in a predominantly agrarian society. Additionally, social and economic structures often made it difficult for peasants to assert independence or seek different opportunities.
Peasants payed rent to their lords, in the forms of labor, a share of the crop, or money. In exchange for this they got a place to live, land to farm, and protection.There is a link below to an article on serfdom, where more information can be found.the worked the land the kings and lords owned
They were called slaves and peasents (rustici for Peasentand Serf for Slave in latin)
land was granted to peasants from the kings to farm the land
Peasants does farm-work for the wealthy land owners.
The manor system is when knights allowed peasants to farm land on their large estates. In return, the peasants had to give the knights food or other payment.
peasants would be allowed to own their farm land.
Both Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus were killed trying to pass land reform.
In a few places, there were slaves, but that was not common in the middle ages. In most places, there were villeins or serfs who were bound to the land. They were not slaves, but could not legally move away. They had a right to the land, and were given a place to live and to farm, but they had to pay rent or give food to the lord. There were freemen, who were free, but worked on the land. The peasants mostly farmed, but did other types of labor, as mining, milling, or forestry.
A large farm that has many who workers who live on the land that they work is called a ranch. If the workers rent the land they work it could be called a tenant farm.
A piece of land granted by one lord to another was called a
Peasants, or serfs, were required to provide William the Conqueror with various forms of labor and produce in exchange for land. This typically included a portion of their agricultural harvest, as well as services such as working on the lord's demesne (the lord's own land) and fulfilling other obligations, like military service or paying rents. In essence, their labor and produce served as the means through which they gained the right to occupy and farm the land.
Farmland, tillable acres, ground, acres are all terms that farmers use when talking about the land that they farm.
Peasants often agreed to farm land owned by others due to a lack of alternatives for livelihood and economic survival. Many were bound by feudal obligations or lacked the resources to own their own land. In exchange for their labor, they received protection, housing, and a share of the crops, which provided a degree of stability in a predominantly agrarian society. Additionally, social and economic structures often made it difficult for peasants to assert independence or seek different opportunities.
The lords of the middle ages made their money by taxing people and renting out their land to other people. People such as peasants would rent this land and live and farm on it.