Serfs paying up. From northumberlandarchives.com
A serf’s guide to feudalism
Feudalism is back in fashion. With that in mind, here's a handy rhetorical rough guide for beginner serfs. While nobody can teach you to serf, history can be a guide, showing you what to expect. Once you get started who knows? Maybe it won't seem so strange after all. A serf's role in a feudal system is simple. The serf is granted access to a small piece of somebody else’s productive resource on condition they use it to generate a surplus for the owner. In return they may retain a portion of their production for their…