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What were the main social classes in the feudal system?
1. Church Officials, Nobles2. Knights3. Peasants
What are the different levels of peasants?
The term peasant encompassed a number of different types, including freemen, villeins, cottars, bordars, serfs, and slaves. The link below goes to an article on serfdom, and to the section of the article describing the various types of peasants. Unfortunately, the term serf is used in the article to mean peasant, in some places, and a peasant who is bound to the land, in others.
What did the lord give to the villeins in return for all the hard work?
money for the villeins daughter's marriage
What were workers who pay landowners annual rent called?
Freemen, or free tenants, and villeins were rent payers. There is a link below to the section of an article on serfdom that deals with different types of peasants.
Did things get better for the peasants after the peasants revolt?
It seemed as if the revolt had been a total failure. But over the next century, the peasants received most of what they had asked for in 1381. First, Parliament gave up trying to hold down the wages. Then, more and more villeins became free from their lords. Week-work and similar duties were gradually given up. Peasants were soon able to rent land and work for payment. Life did improve... but sometimes you have to make a move and suffer, rather than wait a lifetime for someone else to do it. And that's just what the peasants did.
What is another name for the kings people besides followers and peasants?
Serfs, peasants, villeins.
Are the serfs villeins and peasants the same class in the feudelism class structure?
'Peasant' is a loose term. villeins and serfs are types of peasants, and villeins are types of serfs. A peasant is simply an agricultural worker. A serf, on the other hand, is a virtual slave, being confined to a plot of land in return for protection and the right to work. Serfs are effectively the property of their lords. Villeins are renters tied to land, but are not slaves, and can leave with their lord's consent.
What jobs did villeins have?
Villeins in medieval society typically worked as agricultural laborers on the lord's land, tending to crops and livestock. They were also responsible for paying taxes and providing goods or services to the lord as part of their feudal obligations. Villeins often lived on the manor as tenants and were subject to the authority and control of the lord.
What were the main social classes in the feudal system?
1. Church Officials, Nobles2. Knights3. Peasants
How did villeins treat their animals?
Villeins children what did they do
What are the different levels of peasants?
The term peasant encompassed a number of different types, including freemen, villeins, cottars, bordars, serfs, and slaves. The link below goes to an article on serfdom, and to the section of the article describing the various types of peasants. Unfortunately, the term serf is used in the article to mean peasant, in some places, and a peasant who is bound to the land, in others.
Could villeins live comfortably?
No villeins couldn't live very comfortably.
What did the lord give to the villeins in return for all the hard work?
money for the villeins daughter's marriage
Who is lower in importance freeman or villeins?
Villeins have lower importance than freemen, since freemen used to be villeins, but now they have partially gained some freedom from the lord of manor. xxx
What were workers who pay landowners annual rent called?
Freemen, or free tenants, and villeins were rent payers. There is a link below to the section of an article on serfdom that deals with different types of peasants.
What did villeins eat?
pottage
Did things get better for the peasants after the peasants revolt?
It seemed as if the revolt had been a total failure. But over the next century, the peasants received most of what they had asked for in 1381. First, Parliament gave up trying to hold down the wages. Then, more and more villeins became free from their lords. Week-work and similar duties were gradually given up. Peasants were soon able to rent land and work for payment. Life did improve... but sometimes you have to make a move and suffer, rather than wait a lifetime for someone else to do it. And that's just what the peasants did.
