WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -serfdom, condition in medieval Europe in which a tenant farmer was bound to a hereditary plot of land and to the will of his landlord. The vast majority of serfs in medieval Europe obtained their subsistence by cultivating a plot of land that was owned by a lord.

Detailed explanation-2: -serf. / (sɜːf) / noun. (esp in medieval Europe) an unfree person, esp one bound to the land. If his lord sold the land, the serf was passed on to the new landlord.

Detailed explanation-3: -Serf: peasants who were tied to a specific lord or manor. They worked their lord’s land and were granted a small piece of land to work for themselves. Labor and land were inherited from generation to generation.

Detailed explanation-4: -A manorial lord could not sell his serfs like Romans sold slaves. However, serfs were legally tied to the land they worked on. If their lord sold his land, his serfs were sold along with the land. Serfs could not sell the land they lived on, and could not leave the manor without their lord’s permission.