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A serf farms land that belongs to another, is able to retain some of his crop, and is legally bound to the land. He cannot leave for a better piece of land or a better job.
A tenant farmer farms land that belongs to another under a rental or lease arrangement. He pays the land owner for the right to farm, usually with a portion of the crop. In theory he has the right to leave and farm elsewhere, or take a job in town. In practice, tenant farmers were sometime do deeply in debt to their land owners that they could not leave because the local law considered leaving as the same as running out on the debt. Then a tenant farmer was not much different from a serf.
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Who can a blacksmith marry in Medieval Times?
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When the serfdom was abolished what did most serfs become?
Tenant Farmers In a real sense, they were still something of indentured servants. The government purchased land from the owners to give to the newly freed serfs in the form of a collective group. The collective was required to repay the money the government had paid to the landowners over a 49 year period. The individual could not own their own portion of the collective land until they had paid their full share. They were not tied to the land legally any longer; however they lost their ability to own the land if they did not repay their share of the amount owed.
What was the difference between tenants and serfs?
A tenant was a person who had a lease or similar contract that was good for a specific time. A tenant used whatever buildings and land were specified in the agreement and paid rent. While the serf also paid rent, in the form of labor, part of a crop, or money, the serf did not have a contract. Instead, the serf had inherited obligations, and inherited rights. A serf was legally bound to the land of the manor, which meant that he was not allowed to move off the manor. In exchange for this he had the right to live on the manor, to work on the manor, and to be protected by the lord of the manor.
King lords vassal's knights peasants and serfs is this the ranking of people in medieval times?
In secular society, the order was:Royalty at the topNobilityFree people, including merchants, tradesmen, and so onSerfsand sometimes there were slavesKnights, who were usually considered to be the lowest rank of nobility.Peasants included freemen, serfs and slaves. Freemen were independent farmers. Serfs were dependents of nobles or landed gentry, to whom they owed allegiance; serfs were not entirely free, but were not slaves either. Most countries did not have slaves.
What did the peasants and serfs do in the medieval times?
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