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I suppose you could say that they work for the landowner, but that’s pretty far removed from what we talk about today when “work” usually means the same as “employment.” I think it would be more accurate to say that the serfs worked for themselves, but the landowner had the right (and the might) to take as much of their produce he wanted.
