Who was a medieval villain?

Answer 1

One medieval villain was the English King Richard III, who murdered his brother's children to become the king. Shakespeare wrote quite a good play about him.

Another medieval villain people really enjoy finding out about was Vlad the Impaler. His life may be a source for Bram Stoker's Dracula.

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There was also such a thing as a medieval villain also spelt "villein". This was a type of laborer similar to serf. They were not freemen but were men that rented themselves out as workers to a lord but rented a dwelling and land to feed themselves. They wer above serfs and slaves in the social order.

Interesting the word villain (a criminal) comes from this second meaning. Villeins would sometimes flee to the city to become freemen. As they had no trade they would take to a life of crime to earn a living.

Answer 2

Firstly, I assume you mean 'villein' so my answer is based on this!

Villeins were peasants, they worked on the Lord's land in the village and in return got their own land. They would work on farms doing the harvesting, threshing, etc...

They weren't allowed to leave the village without the Lord's permission and their children also weren't allowed to get married without the Lord's permission.

Overall, they didn't have much freedom, but did have more than some of the other peasants.

Hope this helps :)

Answer 3

Villain is another word for serf. A villain is an unfree peasant who under than manorial system owed labor to their lord in exchange for the lord's protection and justice. Villains could not move away from their manor without permission from their lord.

A villain should not be confused with a slave, however. Villains did owe labor, typically no more than two days per week, but for the most part managed the remainder of their own time. A villain without land would work as a hired laborer in this time. Some villains held land of their own in the village fields, for which they paid and annual rent to the lord. A villain who became financially successful could in many cases avoid their labor obligations, either by paying a cash fee to the lord to allow the lord to hire manpower to replace him or by hiring a substitute himself. A small number of villains were able to gain control of enough land that, despite their unfree status, they were able to become substantially more wealthy than their neighbors. There are records of villains who had enough income and land to have hired hands for farming and even a servant or two to help with household tasks.

Answer 4

A villein's life was hard. He had to obey his lord and do work for him. He

spent most of his time working out in the fields, doing week-work. He

Needed his lord's permission to travel outside the village, and to get

married. He had to take his grain to the lord's mill to have it ground into

flour. He had to give his lord some of his produce in return for his land,

and he had to make payments of money to him.

All Villagers had to give one tenth of everything they produced to the

Church. This was called the tithe.

Peasants had to make sure that they produced enough food for

themselves and their families and make sure they had enough for the

Tithe and for their lord! At some times in the year, they had to give

Extra gifts to the lord

The reeve watched over the villeins at work and could punish them if they did

Not work hard enough. The reeve was also in charge of the land the

villeins worked on. He decided what was planted and who got the strips

Of land. He also sold spare crops and could hire extra people at busy

times, like the harvest.

Answer 5

villens worked for the lord of the place or village. They were also a type of peasent.

Answer 6

they did whatever they liked.

they go against the law, but they also have to pay the price.