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No benefits, no rights. They were slaves. Serf is the latin word for slave.

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What did lords do that serfs didint?

Lords held significant power and owned large estates, while serfs worked the land and were bound to it, providing labor in exchange for protection and a place to live. Lords managed the governance of their domains, enforced laws, and collected taxes, whereas serfs had limited rights and were primarily focused on agricultural work. Additionally, lords could participate in the feudal system's political and military obligations, whereas serfs were generally excluded from these roles.


How did a lord exert power over the peasants?

Lord had to protect their serfs because the relationship between the lords and the serfs was one of mutual obligation. It was a sort of contract, under which each party got benefit, but each party had responsibilities. The serfs gave the lords labor. They also had given up their rights to move away from the manors and were bound to the soil, as they say. This was a two-way thing, however; the serfs did not have a right to move away from the manor, but the lords did not have the right to make them move away from the manor. They lords gave the serfs fields to farm, a place to live, and protection. The protection they provided was from armies, raiders, and criminals, but it also extended to other things, and might, in theory, include provision of food if there was a famine.


What duty did lords have to their serfs?

Lords had the duty to provide protection and justice to their serfs. They were responsible for maintaining law and order in their territories, ensuring that serfs were safe and not subject to external threats or violence. Additionally, lords were expected to provide basic necessities such as food, shelter, and protection during times of conflict or hardship.


Who protected the kings land which the serfs worked?

During the middle ages serfs worked for their lords and that is who protected them.


What do you call the medieval gathering the lords crops?

serfs or villeins

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What Feudalism is based on .?

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What is the same about serfs and lords?

Nothing except they are both people. The lords owned the serfs who were slaves.


What describes feudal society?

Serfs gave crops to Lords and Lords controlled serfs' lives.


What powers did lords have over the serfs?

theyhad all science the serfes were at the bottom


What did lords do that serfs didint?

Lords held significant power and owned large estates, while serfs worked the land and were bound to it, providing labor in exchange for protection and a place to live. Lords managed the governance of their domains, enforced laws, and collected taxes, whereas serfs had limited rights and were primarily focused on agricultural work. Additionally, lords could participate in the feudal system's political and military obligations, whereas serfs were generally excluded from these roles.


What is are the lords and ladies?

The lords and ladies were members of a group that own serfs ( same thing as a peasant) they can tell the serfs what to do


How did a lord exert power over the peasants?

Lord had to protect their serfs because the relationship between the lords and the serfs was one of mutual obligation. It was a sort of contract, under which each party got benefit, but each party had responsibilities. The serfs gave the lords labor. They also had given up their rights to move away from the manors and were bound to the soil, as they say. This was a two-way thing, however; the serfs did not have a right to move away from the manor, but the lords did not have the right to make them move away from the manor. They lords gave the serfs fields to farm, a place to live, and protection. The protection they provided was from armies, raiders, and criminals, but it also extended to other things, and might, in theory, include provision of food if there was a famine.


What did the lords offer the serfs and peasants?

The peasants give food & land to the lords.


Why did lords free their serfs?

The relationship between lords and serfs was not the same as the relationship between owners and slaves. The lords and the serfs had duties and obligations to each other. That being the case, there were times, such as when there were too many serfs for the lands the manor had, when it was in a lord's economic best interest to free serfs who wanted to be freed. Some of the serfs would be likely to want to leave and others want to stay and not have to deal with the insecurity of not having a place to live. At other times, such as after the Black Death, lords who did not have enough serfs would try to entice those of other lords away from them. In such a case they offered a better deal, which might have included their not being serfs any more. Serfs who wanted to could sometimes make themselves free by leaving the manor and staying away for over a year. Strangely enough this was the law in some places.


How are serfs similar to slaves and how are serfs different from slaves?

Serfs and slaves were similar in that both were considered property, had obligations to their lords, and lacked freedom to move about as they pleased. However, serfs were tied to the land they worked on, whereas slaves were considered personal property and could be bought and sold. Serfs also had certain legal protections and some degree of autonomy over their own lives, while slaves had no legal rights and were completely under the control of their owners.


What duty did lords have to their serfs?

Lords had the duty to provide protection and justice to their serfs. They were responsible for maintaining law and order in their territories, ensuring that serfs were safe and not subject to external threats or violence. Additionally, lords were expected to provide basic necessities such as food, shelter, and protection during times of conflict or hardship.


What was the relationship of a serf his or her manor?

The serfs worked for the lords and the lords gave them land and food and protection.