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The nobles told the peasants what to do, gained all the income off their work, and taxed them for everything.
Serfs first appeared after the Norman Conquest. Their lord gave them land and they looked after it for them and received a share to keep for themselves. Their lives were under the control of their lord; they couldn't marry without permisson or move away from their parish. They were NOT freemen but peasants under the control of a lord
the economic ties between the nobles and the peasants who worked on their lands. (this is for study island)
If a lord gave away his land as a fief he was able to lease the land and make money and profit from it.
Under the feudal system, a piece of land granted by the king to a lord or other noble was known as a fief. The noble would then tithe a portion of the income from the land to the king.