ocr: But all the same, there were. great changes for. ordirary, English people. Almost. everywhere their local lord was. nolorger 93 English thane but a Norman baron, who usuaily lived in the rEW castewhichloomed over their - village. Mary churls (iree men) in the village lost their land: the word churlish' ow: mears surly. and resentful, and churls must have. feit like that. Serts (siaves) simost disappeared. Most of the poorest villegers became vileins, who bad to work for their lord at set times. He controiled their lives in all kinds ofways, so theywere not really any better off. Ordinary peopl ...
