1257, Life as a Villein

1257, life as Villein, my name is Katie Longhair. I am 21 years old, I am villein, 'e' is not 'a', I am not a criminal, you know I lived in the land of Sir Richard as a tenant. This means that I have to pay him to borrow the house I live in. But I was not able to get enough money so I could not pay him for cheap money. Since I know that you are not from these areas, please let me know what life in this village is like. Wei Lin is another word for peasants Peasant life is really hard.

Medieval farmers, free men and villagers live together in the village farm. Most farmers were medieval serfs or medieval Welwyns. A small the-roof roof and a one-bedroom house of medieval farmers are gathered on either side of an open space ("green") or a narrow street. The population of a village is less than 100 people. Medieval farmers live a common life in fields, village green sports, and parishes' church service. However, in medieval farmers' lives there is time to take a break and entertain

Vailin (or villain) is the most common type of surf in the Middle Ages. Villeins has more rights and higher standing than the lowest surf, but there are some legal restrictions that distinguish them from free men. Villeins generally borrows a small house with or without land. As part of the contract with landlord landlord, they need to spend some time working on the land of the lords. Contrary to common beliefs, this requirement is usually not very heavy and is usually seasonal just like an obligation to help during the harvesting period. The rest of the time is to cultivate their land for their own benefit.

Villeinage is not a pure one-way exploitation relationship. In the Middle Ages, the land within the Lord's mansion provided survival and survival, guaranteeing land protection and crop protection through plunder robbery. Even landlords who have legitimate rights do rarely expel villeins because of their labor value. Villeinage is more preferable than being a wanderer, a slave or a non-landing worker. In many medieval countries, Villan can gain freedom by escaping a mansion to a city or a municipality for more than a year, but as long as the landlord, especially the village is not dictatorial or difficult, And the loss of agricultural life.

Vilan, sometimes called a serf, won the land by a knight. Whenever necessary, they must provide free labor, food and services to Cavaliers. Will have no right. They are not allowed to leave property and must obtain permission from their master before they get married. Guilin people are very poor