Question

Which of the following was not true of serfs?

Answer 1

Answer:

Some serfs had their own small farms, where they grew food to feed their families.

Explanation:

Servitude (from the Latin servus) was a form of social and legal contract typical of feudalism whereby one person - the servant, usually a peasant - is left in service and subject to the lordship of another - the feudal lord, usually a nobleman or a high ecclesiastical dignitary, or even an institution such as a monastery. During the Middle Ages, a servant was a person who served in conditions close to slavery. The main difference concerning a slave was that, in general, it could not be sold or separated from the land he worked on and that he was legally a "free man." The feudal lord had the power to decide on numerous matters of the life of his servants and their possessions. The servant could not betray the feudal lord since he supplied him with housing, part of the crops and his garments. Characteristic of the serfdom of a servant was the set of consigned obligations, such as the inability of the servant to acquire or sell real estate, submission to the political, judicial and fiscal authority of the feudal lord, the obligation to provide military services to his lord and the delivery of part of his work or product. The condition of a servant was hereditary and he could not leave his land without his lord's permission.

Answer 2

The second one "some serfs had their own small farms, where they grew food to feed their families"