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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 majority of serfs in medieval Europe obtained their subsistence by cultivating a plot of land that was owned by a lord. Learn more about serfdom here.
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serfdom, In medieval Europe, condition of a tenant farmer...
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Serfdom was the status of many peasants under feudalism, specifically relating to manorialism, and similar systems. It was a condition of debt bondage and indentured servitude with similarities to and differences from slavery.
As the Western Roman Empire collapsed, landholders gradually transitioned from outright slavery to serfdom, a system in which unfree laborers were tied to the land. In the absence of powerful regional authorities after the collapse of the Carolingian Empire in 888, local manorial lords held sway in Western Europe, collecting rents and labor ...
4 de dic. de 2018 · Medieval Serfs (aka villeins) were unfree labourers who worked the land of a landowner (or tenant) in return for physical and legal protection and the right to work a separate piece of land for their own basic needs.
- Mark Cartwright
Serfdom developed in Eastern Europe after the Black Death epidemics of the mid-14th century, which stopped the eastward migration. The resulting high land-to-labour ratio - combined with Eastern Europe's vast, sparsely populated areas - gave the lords an incentive to bind the remaining peasantry to their land.
Serfdom is the socio-economic status of unfree peasants under feudalism, and specifically relates to Manorialism. Serfdom was the enforced labor of serfs on the fields of landowners, in return for their protection as well as the right to work on their leased fields.