Which of the following describes the rights and legal standing of a European villein?

They could farm a plot of land for a landlord, but they didn't own it.

They were forced to give up all of their labor, but they received food from the landlord.

They could buy land from a landlord, but they had to provide the lord with military service.

They were forced to sell all of their land to the landlord, but their house was provided for them

Question

Which of the following describes the rights and legal standing of a European villein? 

 They could farm a plot of land for a landlord, but they didn't own it. 

 They were forced to give up all of their labor, but they received food from the landlord. 

 They could buy land from a landlord, but they had to provide the lord with military service. 

 They were forced to sell all of their land to the landlord, but their house was provided for them

anonymous · Answer

A.  
A villein was an early form of serf. The relationship to their lord was feudal, in that the villein owed the lord labor, which might be rendered on the lord's land, as military service or as crops from the land the villein farmed.