A lord provided a vassal with a fief-a piece of land, and in exchange the vassal plowed the land and took care of it, getting a portion of the agriculture for his and his own family´s support, and a place to live. So basically land to live in and own support in exchange for serving the Lord
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Feudalism was a system that structured society around relationships based on land in exchange for labor and/or military service. This system was not a formal political system in the minds of the people living under this system and was not classically defined until the early 20th century. Feudalism flourish edbetween the 9th and 15th centuries. The system involved three concepts: the lord, the vassal, and the fief. A lord was any noble that held land, the fief is that land, and the vassal was the person who was granted possession of that land by the lord. In exchange for the fief (and the lord's protection), the vassal provided some sort of service for the lord, of both the military and non-military variety. The entire society was bound at all levels by feudalism, whether directly between lord and vassal, or on broader terms involving manorialism and the Church. Feudalism disappeared throughout much of Europe in a sense by about 1500, though the relationships did not dissolve overnight - or, in the case of some Central and Eastern European countries, over the next two hundred years. The French did not officially abolish the practice until 1790.
The lords provided land and protection in exchange for loyalty and the peasant had to fight in wars when needed to protect their lord.
The king gave political system that gave nobles, peasants and serfs prtection. Because the king needs safety and he gave the nobles and peasants and serfs a home and shelter so he could have safety
The peasants had to get food, farm, and support the Lord / Noble by paying taxes.
The nobles told the peasants what to do, gained all the income off their work, and taxed them for everything.
A serf was a peasant, but not all peasants were serfs.A peasant is usually a farmer. A peasant could be free or not, and though most were doubtless poor, we find references to well-to-do or prosperous peasants. Serfs are peasants legally bound to a lord's land, and were not allowed to move away. Serfs usually had to provide labor in exchange for a place to live and work.
The relationship between the knight and his peasants is the manorial system.