Serf farmers were held accountable for many jobs that had to be done around the farm, and they weren’t repaid fairly. Serf farmers had many responsibilities and had to cater to the lord’s needs. The lord of the manor controlled the work performed by the farmers. The farmers had to be able to work for hours on end every single day, do most of the lord’s work for them (such as weeding their land and selling their grain), and they were also expected to give the lord 40 eggs on easter (Howarth 9). When the serfs finished all their required work labors, they were expected to attend to any other jobs that needed to be finished (Bennett 82). The land the farmers worked on and their compensation for all their work were both very limited. The workplace
