00:00the peasant class were regarded as a sort of working breeding stock a surf
00:08couldn't get married without his Lord's permission and nor could he leave he
00:12belonged to the Lord's estate in legal terms he was tied to the soil the law
00:18even stated earls and barons may sell their serfs like oxen or cattle
00:23and if you try to escape from your Lord's estate you were punished
00:33medieval lords went to great lengths to recapture their runaway serfs with the full backing of the
00:42king who ordered his officials to arrest them and return them and lords claimed the right to put
00:48their serfs in stocks stocks have a rather comical reputation nowadays but the reality was very
00:55different they were a humiliating and painful punishment imagine what it would be like to be
01:03in here for two hours the cramp and discomfort where for example did you relieve yourself and
01:12what if you were in them not for two hours but for two days
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