Peasants

Relationships

Peasants worked several days a week farming land and repairing roads, bridges, and fences. Therefore had the right to farm land for themselves.

- Heart of feudal economy was the lord's estate, the manor
- Peasants, making up a majority of the population, worked on the manor
- Many were serfs (bound to the land)
- Life was harsh
- Disease and hunger was common, especially in winter

90% of population