HISTORY
MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN EUROPE
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in medieval Europe, a lord bound to the Monarch’s land
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in medieval Europe, a peasant isn’t bound to the lord’s land
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in medieval Europe, a lord isn’t bound to the Monarch’s land
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in medieval Europe, a peasant bound to the lord’s land
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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: -Serfs had a specific place in feudal society, as did barons and knights: in return for protection, a serf would reside upon and work a parcel of land within the manor of his lord.
Detailed explanation-4: -Feudal lords hired serfs to farm and take care of the land owned by the nobility. Noble lords could pay serfs lower wages and take ownership of their labor. Serfs in the Middle Ages were typically the poorest class in the feudal system. They were considered peasants, but were the poorest of the peasant class.
Detailed explanation-5: -Serfs were peasants who were legally bound to land.