WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -: the condition of a tenant farmer bound to a hereditary plot of land and to the will of a landlord : the state or fact of being a serf. Despite obvious personal repugnance for serfdom, she enhanced the powers of nobles to demand more labor from their ill-treated and unorganized serfs.

Detailed explanation-2: -In broad terms a lord was a noble who held land, a vassal was a person who was granted possession of the land by the lord, and the land was known as a fief. In exchange for the use of the fief and protection by the lord, the vassal would provide some sort of service to the lord.

Detailed explanation-3: -Vassal-A free man who held land (fief) from a lord to whom he paid homage and swore fealty. He owed various services and obligations, primarily military.

Detailed explanation-4: -Serfs were people responsible for working the land of their lords, primarily during the Middle Ages. They were bound to the land and could even be sold with it. Feudal serfs or serfdom first began during the medieval period in Europe and, over centuries, extended into Asia.