An accurate definition of the term serf is
A. the class of free peasants that roamed Europe in search of arable land following the end of the western Roman empire.
B. the European peasantry that labored for wealthy landowners and remained bound to a particular aristocratic family or estate from generation to generation.
C. the Germanic word for slave employed commonly after the collapse of the western Roman empire.
D. the class of western European aristocrats that came to power after the collapse of the western Roman empire.
Answer: B
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