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1) Labour rent
This was common during the early phases of feudalism – 9th - 11th century. It took the form
of what was called corvee i.e. work for the Lord for ¾ days in a week and the rest on his
farm.
2) Rent in kind
Developed during the 12th and 13th centuries. The serf surrendered 1/3 to 1/5 of his farm
produce to the Lord or an agreed quantity of craft articles, cattle, poultry etc. The peasant
maximized his labour productivity to meet both his household needs and the material
goods required by the Lord.
3) Feudal Money Rent
Developed during the last stages of feudalism with the rise of commodity – money
relations. Money rent encased the payment of a specific amount of cash to the Lord
periodically. This practice fuelled class differentiation both in Europe and Asia. Serfs
also paid for the use of flour mills, watering places, courts, markets, road tolls and other
taxes to the state including 1/10 of their harvest to the church in the form of tithes.
Generally different forms of feudal rent co-existed simultaneously e.g. all the above
forms existed in Tsarist Russia.
Titany answered the question on December 8, 2021 at 06:55