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: -Serfdom was when a farmer was bound to a piece of land or property owned by their lord. Serfs were essentially tenants of the land and did not have the freedom to work wherever they wanted. Serfs could be sold to other property for their labor skills, or they could be sold with a property to a new owner.

Detailed explanation-3: -Serfs, however, were legally people-though they had far fewer rights than free peasants (poor farmers of low social status). Serfs’ movements were constrained, their property rights were limited, and they owed rents of all sorts to their landlords.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.