A piece of land granted by one lord to another was called a
They were known as serfs.
Serf.
a serf
Serfs were slaves tied to the land and lord and nothing would free them. Freemen were peasants who had bought their freedom.
serf
A serf was a peasant, but not all peasants were serfs.A peasant is usually a farmer. A peasant could be free or not, and though most were doubtless poor, we find references to well-to-do or prosperous peasants. Serfs are peasants legally bound to a lord's land, and were not allowed to move away. Serfs usually had to provide labor in exchange for a place to live and work.
Peasants were considered lower poor or lower in the social structure. It was difficult to obtain land because of the cost of land and the ability to save or pay for the land.
peasants
nobles owned land, peasants were tied to land
You are probably thinking of a serf. Serfs were basically like slaves; they were tied to the land and forced to work. They were like peasants but they did not have freedom, peasants had freedom.
Serfs were slaves tied to the land and lord and nothing would free them. Freemen were peasants who had bought their freedom.
serf
A serf was a peasant, but not all peasants were serfs.A peasant is usually a farmer. A peasant could be free or not, and though most were doubtless poor, we find references to well-to-do or prosperous peasants. Serfs are peasants legally bound to a lord's land, and were not allowed to move away. Serfs usually had to provide labor in exchange for a place to live and work.
Freemen
About 90 percent of the Russian population in the early 1800s were peasants who worked as farmers on land owned by the nobility. This system was known as serfdom, where peasants were tied to the land they worked on and subject to the control of landowners.
They were called slaves and peasents (rustici for Peasentand Serf for Slave in latin)
peasants were to work the land for the king.
Serfs just what you asked in your question. Sometimes they were referred to as villain.
the feudal system arose during the middle ages. large landowners kept peasants living and working on their land in exchange for some of the harvest and being allowed to live on the land. the peasants never had a chance to leave as they were never paid for their work except in produce and livestock.they were tied ti the land and lord. it worked out great for the lords.
Villeins were medieval peasants who worked the land for landlords,some had their own strips of land.