The lords owned vast lands and numerous serfs.

贵族们拥有广阔的土地和众多的农奴。

The serfs lived in small cottages provided by their lord.

农奴住在他们领主提供的小屋里。

The serfs had to give a portion of their harvest to the lord.

农奴必须将他们收成的一部分交给领主。

The king granted the land to the noble, who then controlled the serfs.

国王将土地授予贵族，贵族随后控制了农奴。

In medieval Europe, serfs were bound to the land they worked on.

在中世纪的欧洲，农奴被束缚在他们耕作的土地上。

The lord of the manor demanded that the serfs work the fields from dawn to dusk.

庄园的领主要求农奴从早到晚在田里劳作。

The serfs were liberated after abolishing serfdom.

废除农奴制度后，农奴们获得了解放。

Others were more like European serfs.

其他的则更像欧洲的农奴。

They did not allow the serfs any freedom.

他们不给农奴任何自由。

They were the forerunners of the medieval serfs.

他们是中世纪农奴的前辈.