What Are The Advantages Of Being A Freeman

Life of a Freeman- by Aditya A Freeman is a peasant in the Feudal system. There is not so much known about a Freeman. I am higher than a serf but not as high as a knight. I have more rights and have an easier job than most peasants. As a Freeman, I earn money by planting crops and selling it to other people. I have to pay rent to the lord’s land but the lord of the land has no rights to treat me. I work for myself, and earn for myself and live by myself. As a freeman you are independent. Unlike a serf, as a freeman I have more rights that a serf. I can leave the lords land, marry anybody I want, travel anywhere I want, without the lords permission. Unlike a serf who is bound to the lord’s land, I also have the right to move or change land if I wanted to. …show more content…
But still life as a Freeman is hard. Earning money is hard as a freeman and to earn a lot of money you need to work a lot. A disadvantage of being a Freeman is that I have to protect myself. Also during the late spring, food did not grow yet so it is hard to eat properly. But to become a Freeman you would be either born as a Freeman or born as a serf but you can either escape your village for one year or buy the land that you’re bound on. As said before, I can buy land if I wanted to and I can expand my plantation. But this would make me a