Medieval Glossary

Cottager

A peasant that had a holding consisting of a house with an attached plot of land but had little or no land in the village fields.

Related term(s): Peasant; Serf; Villein; Landholder
Category: Society
Added: 11.06.04
Source information: Singman, Jeffrey L. Daily Life in Medieval Europe. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1999. 74.

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