WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Serfs who occupied a plot of land were required to work for the lord of the manor who owned that land. In return, they were entitled to protection, justice, and the right to cultivate certain fields within the manor to maintain their own subsistence.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -A serf is a person who is forced to work on a plot of land, especially during the medieval period when Europe practiced feudalism, when a few lords owned all the land and everyone else had to toil on it.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -Serfs did not own land. Instead, they did manual labor for landowners in exchange for a place to live and work. Most serfs were workers, but some were craftsmen-like the village blacksmith, miller or innkeeper.