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A vassal was a person in a state of mutual obligation with a king, which usually gave the vassal an estate, including manors.

A serf was a person in a state of mutual obligation with the lord of a manor. As such the serf was possibly a person who worked on the estate of a vassal.

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The vassal was a person who had entered into an obligation of mutual support with a king or lord. This was primarily a military obligation, but the lord provided the vassal with land as part of the exchange.

A serf was an agricultural laborer. He was not a slave, as he organized his own life and had possessions of his own, but he was bound to the land so he could not leave it.

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