- A Medieval serf is a slave in medieval times
- There are two types of medieval slaves are called a peasant and a freeman. a person in the past who belonged to a low social class and who lived and worked on land owned by another person.
- Serfs in the middle ages were generally peasant farmers who provided manual labor in their master’s land. The peasants would pay the lord some dues (in the form of labor) in exchange for using part of the lord’s land to generate their own food.
- These farmers would work in the lands at least three times a week and sometimes longer during the plantation and harvest seasons. The serf was bound to work in a single manor and his status as a serf was passed on to his children, who would then continue to work in that same estate, regardless of whether the land changed ownership.