WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Serfs were often harshly treated and had little legal redress against the actions of their lords. A serf could become a freedman only through manumission, enfranchisement, or escape.

Detailed explanation-2: -Serfdom was a bit different from slavery: while slaves were bought and sold as people, serfs were legally bound to the land they worked, and that land could be traded between different feudal masters.

Detailed explanation-3: -The serf was bound to stay with the property, or what was known as a fief. A serf could be bought or sold at the lord’s will. Serfs were expected to maintain loyalty to the property of the feudal landowners. They were required to pay tallage, or a medieval tax, to their lord.

Detailed explanation-4: -Serfs were the poorest of the peasant class, and were a type of slave. Lords owned the serfs who lived on their lands. In exchange for a place to live, serfs worked the land to grow crops for themselves and their lord. In addition, serfs were expected to work the farms for the lord and pay rent.

Detailed explanation-5: -Like the Roman coloni before them, medieval peasants or serfs could own property and marry, but there were restrictions on their rights. Under a rule known as merchet or formariage, a serf had to pay a fee in order to marry outside their lord’s domain, as they were depriving him of a labor source by leaving.