+A serf was an agricultural laborer bound to the land, a critical component of the [feudalism](/wiki/feudalism) system. Unlike a free [peasant](/wiki/peasant), they could not leave the estate without the lord's permission, their lives entwined with the soil they tilled. Their forced labor sustained the medieval economy.
+## See also
+- [Manor](/wiki/manor)
+- [Vassal](/wiki/vassal)
+- [Lord](/wiki/lord)
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