fees peasants paided the nobles during the Crusades
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These were fees and taxes that could be paid in 3 forms: Money, in kind, with labor. Even peasants who owned land were not excused from the feudal dues. On top of that another source of income was the rent that the lord could charge. What are feudal dues? Taxes and fees (cens, an annual property tax paid to the lord of the manor. Champart, a tax that was paid in kind.
Feudal tenants are the folks who rent betterments from a feudal landlord.
a labourer who labours under a feudal system
1. The first and second estates were exempt from most taxes (taille, or land tax), while the third estate was not 2. The third estate was forced to pay feudal dues to the nobles and the king 3. There was no redress for the land damage of the third estate homes 4. The higher estates banned hunting that was necessary for survival among the people of the third estate
the feudal system was sustained by the rights and privileges given to the upper classes and in most cases enacted by laws