Query: This is driving me crazy!

[yinshubackup]

Dear History Nuts on my Flist: Please fill in the blank:



The portion of goods (money, foodstuffs, whatever) perpetually owed by serfs to their expectant lords is called ___________.




(I don't think the word or concept I am looking for is "tax" or "fealty", it's....Ahhh! I can't think of it. Grr...)

Comments

[crash-mccormick.livejournal.com]

Most general term is fees, though taxes were a separate obligation also applying but those fell more broadly and were distinct from the specific agreement or contract of serfdom that had been entered into by the serf or his ancestor.