The formation characteristics of manor economy in western Europe: land rent exploitation, serf labor and manor as social and economic units.
The formation and influence of manor economy in western Europe: firmly ruling and stabilizing society and promoting the development of productive forces. Obstructing the development of productive forces led to class contradictions caused by feudal lords and affected social stability.
In the feudal society of western Europe, this system involved the economic status and legal status of dependent farmers. It is based on feudal land ownership and serf's attachment to feudal masters. Feudal owners distributed land to farmers in the form of land, and bound farmers to land for generations.
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Judging from the legal status, serfs are not free men, and their personal lives belong to their owners and are passed down from generation to generation. His life is guaranteed, and his master can't kill him at will, but he can buy, sell, transfer, exchange or give it to others (in fact, there are not many cases of buying and selling serfs).
Serfs have to pay taxes as a sign of personal freedom, such as marriage tax (theoretically speaking, serfs marry other manors or people with higher status than themselves), property inheritance tax (meaning that serfs' property belongs to their owners) and poll tax (from the point that serfs have to get the permission of their owners to make a living when they leave the manors).
Serfs have no equal status with their masters in law. They are tried by their owners, but they have no right to sue their owners, and the state courts do not accept serf cases. Serfs may not serve in the army or hold teaching posts.