Peasants On The Feudal System

Peasants are the lowest class on the feudal system. This was because they were either born into slavery or were captured during the war they fought in. Peasants were much treated like slaves. Peasants worked the land or farmed for their lord. The peasants did more than just farm for their lord, they also did their required tasks given to them by their lord. Some of these tasks were cutting down wood and also repairing roads. The peasants had a little amount of rights. People say Peasants lived in crude huts and slept on straw. The peasants ate simple food not like the kings, which ate more expensive food. Manorialism supported the aristocracy. This system kept peasants and serfs living in poor conditions. This system did not always benefit
Some peasants lived in the same area as the higher classes, but did not have the same homes and lifestyles. The serfs the people who served on the manor never got rich. The people who owned the land did. Serfs were not allowed to move away from the manor without the lords permission. The lords wealth depended on the labor the serfs provided. The lord gave a reward to the serfs when they provided him with the labor. This reward was a place to live. He gave them a place to live to protect them during dangerous times. Because serfs owned no land they had nothing to pass down from one generation to the next. So their families remained poor. They were not aloud to grind up their own flour they had to pay to do it at the lord's mill. Event though the serfs provided nearly all the food,did most of the hard labor, was the largest class of people, and had no opportunity for education. So it was nearly impossible for serfs to rise above the people who ruled their lives. Their were more serfs one thousand years ago than all the social classes combined. The serfs farmed great strips of land belonging to their masters. They were aloud to keep most of their
In times of danger the serfs could seek safety inside the castle's walls. The lord of the castle provided the serfs with protection and with the land to work, the serfs were set to be “bound to the land.” If the land was sold the serfs were sold with it. The “Lord Of The Manor”could be a knight, son, brother, or uncle of the lord of the castle. The manor villages were separated by many miles of dark bumpy roads in the forest. The news they got traveled slowly and the serfs worlds seemed small. The villages were self-sufficient from food to clothing to furniture. Village woman helped in fields but because they were looking after their children their life focused more at home. Women sewed clothing, cooked, mended, tended the fire, and preserved food. They kept their families happy,warm, and properly fed. The village men raised grain. Most manors has their own mill for making flour. Serfs that were caught grinding grain with their own hand mills were find and had their mills destroyed. The serf were forbidden to hunt animals in the forest. The people who were aloud to hunt in the forest were the king and his family and friends