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Serf's houses were built very inexpensively, by the serfs themselves.
The roof was usually thatched, made from bundles of straw or reeds, or it could be made of slate or wooden shingles, depending on what was easiest to get.
The walls were usually made of timbers, rather widely set, with the open areas filled with wattle and daub (woven reeds and mud), or with rubble filled with mud. If there were a lot of small rocks around, these could be used to build a rough stone house. If inexpensive timber was available, wood could be used for siding. In cold areas, log cabins were used.
The floor was normally dirt.
The hearth was either stone, tile, or just dirt. There were no chimneys until the 11th or 12th centuries, and serfs could not afford them when they came into use. So there was some sort of hole in the roof or under the roof peaks to let smoke out.
The windows were typically shuttered, but not glazed. The doors were often very light.
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Where did serfs live in the Middle Ages?
Most serfs lived on manors. These were farming estates that belonged to lords, and whose residents were mostly serfs. The serfs typically lived in a village or hamlet on the manor, in cottages. Some serfs were not agricultural and worked as laborers. They typically lived in cottages in villages or boarding houses in towns.
What did the peasants and serfs do in the medieval times?
Heck! I dont know what serfs do! That's why I asked this thing!!! Heck! I dont know what serfs do! That's why I asked this thing!!!
What were serfs in the Middle Ages?
a serf is a person who must stay to the land and owned by the feudal landlord and is a part that keeps the feudalism system balanced because they do most of the work. A serf had to pay to the lord money when he's almost dead, a dead person makes the family of serfs pay even more. He also had to fight for his/her lord... >(
How did serfs do laundry?
no
An aristocrat would give serfs land in an agreement in which the serfs would then give protection to the lord?
Yes, an aristocrat would give serfs land in an agreement that the serf would protect the lord.
