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Under this system, peasants lived on a manor presided over by a lord or a bishop of the church. Peasants paid rent or labor services to the lord in exchange for their right to cultivate the land. Fallowed land, pastures, forests, and wasteland were held in common. The open field system required cooperation among the peasants of the manor. It was gradually replaced by individual ownership and management of land.
Who were Serfs. Serfs-were usually farmers (but also could be craftsman) who did not own land. Serfs worked a noble's (their lord) land and gave their lord a percentage of what they produced (anywhere from 25% up to 50%) in return for their lord's protection against robbers, raiding vikings and other nobles.