Question
Enumerate the categories of peasants in the feudal system during the middle ages in Europe.
Solution
There were three categories of peasants in the feudal system, during the middle ages in Europe.
1. Free Holders: The freeholders received the land from the lords and paid taxes to them. This category of peasants did not work for their lords.
2. Villeins: This category of peasants had to give a part of their produce to their lords and had to work on the lord’s fields for a fixed number of days. For the rest of the period, they used to work freely in their own fields.
3. Serfs: It was the lowest category of peasants. They were just like slaves of their lords. They had not only to work in the fields of their lords and give them a part of their produce but also to perform such petty jobs as building or repairing their houses, roads etc.
