Medieval society

thumb|upright=1.5|Young women offer berries to visitors to their izba home, 1909. Those who had been serfs among the Russian peasantry were officially emancipated in 1861. Photograph by [[Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky.]] A peasant is a pre-industrial agricultural laborer or a farmer with limited land-ownership, especially one living in the Middle Ages under feudalism and paying rent, tax, fees, or services to a landlord. In Europe, three classes of peasants existed: non-free slaves, semi-free serfs, and free tenants. Peasants might hold title to land outright (fee simple), or by any of several forms

broad orders of social hierarchy

famine in 14th century medieval Europe

famines, plagues, political instabilities and religious upheavals in 14–15th century Europe

group in a society, a class

role of women in Medieval Europe

prevalent ownership and land use structure in medieval agriculture

unscrupulous feudal landowner who resorted to banditry while protected by his fief's legal status

football game invented and played in Europe during the Middle Ages

human demography in Europe and the Mediterranean during the Middle Ages

thumb |A Middle Ages|medieval painting of a palfrey A palfrey is a type of horse that was highly valued as a riding horse in the Middle Ages. It was a lighter-weight horse, usually a smooth gaited one that could amble, suitable for riding over long distances. Palfreys were not a specific breed as horse breeds are understood today.

description of households in midieval times

slavery during the medieval period in Europe

early medieval European trading post

Aristocratic hunting practice

A knight-villein (Cavaleiro-vilão in Portuguese, caballero villano in Spanish) was a free plebeian horsemen who owned land, weapons and a horse, despite not being part of the nobility, being prominent in medieval Portugal, Castile and Leon.