SERF TO FREEMAN.
A serf is a member of a lowest class. During the medieval time period a serf was a person who is forced to work on land. In the 17th century serfdom became a dominant form of relation between peasants and nobility. Mostly, a serf was given a higher social status than a slave and a lower status than a freeman. In serfdom there are unfree peasants under feudalism related to manorialism serfdom didn’t only involve work in fields it involved other activities too.
Serfs had a hard life. Men, Women, and children worked for a long time. Only a few peasants lived for over age of 35. The difference between a serf and a freemen is that a serf doesn't fight and a freemen has to fight on one side or another. Serfs have no right.
Mining, Forestry, Transportation in both land and river based, and more were some of the activities. Serfs formed the lowest social class of the feudal society. People also defined serfs as the people whose labor landowners held property rights. The changes in the manorial system was increase in population. When there were more people. And another change was relaxing rules on serfdom. Growth of towns, they had trading fairs, fleeing the manor, and using talents to rise. And then they had rise of middle class were some serfs were becoming free. A serf earned his freedom by only making money from the things he produced. the serfs could become wealthy. A serf becomes free by paying his debt to the person he serves. serfs lived in small communities call manor. That were ruled by the local lord/vessel.
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A serf is a member of a lowest class. During the medieval time period a serf was a person who is forced to work on land. In the 17th century serfdom became a dominant form of relation between peasants and nobility. Mostly, a serf was given a higher social status than a slave and a lower status than a freeman. In serfdom there are unfree peasants under feudalism related to manorialism serfdom didn’t only involve work in fields it involved other activities too.
Serfs had a hard life. Men, Women, and children worked for a long time. Only a few peasants lived for over age of 35. The difference between a serf and a freemen is that a serf doesn't fight and a freemen has to fight on one side or another. Serfs have no right.
Mining, Forestry, Transportation in both land and river based, and more were some of the activities. Serfs formed the lowest social class of the feudal society. People also defined serfs as the people whose labor landowners held property rights. The changes in the manorial system was increase in population. When there were more people. And another change was relaxing rules on serfdom. Growth of towns, they had trading fairs, fleeing the manor, and using talents to rise. And then they had rise of middle class were some serfs were becoming free. A serf earned his freedom by only making money from the things he produced. the serfs could become wealthy. A serf becomes free by paying his debt to the person he serves. serfs lived in small communities call manor. That were ruled by the local lord/vessel.
http://conservativenewjersey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/serfdom-sucks.jpg
http://conservativenewjersey.com/agenda21-the-new-serfdom
http://lifeinthemiddleages1.weebly.com/peasantry-in-the-medivial-life.html