Medieval Glossary

Serf

Agricultural workers that were tied to the land and owed obligations to the manorial lord. If a new lord were to take control of a manor, the serfs of the previous lord would remain to work the fields for the new lord. In England, serfs were sometimes referred to as villeins.

Related term(s): Serfdom; Villein; Manorial; Peasantry
Category: Agriculture
Added: 06.30.04
Last modified: 11.01.04

Browse

Browse by medieval glossary category:

*Numbers in parantheses indicate the number of terms in the medieval glossary category

List medieval glossary terms alphabetically:
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Enter an exact medieval glossary term to look up: