As a serf, poor Christian has already been killed several times in our class. Aside from dying of the Black Plague on the first day, he’s starved to death, had his hands cut off for stealing a loaf of bread, and been run down by his master’s horse just for kicks. He’s like Christian the fifth now. Cynthia Hand
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In a group of people, a serf is a person who is poor and bound to the land by feudal ties. In this example, the serf is one of the poorest people in the group, and most likely bound to it by some sort of feudal obligation. In other words, he has been killed several times over in his class. By this point he has been through every possible horrible thing that can happen in his class, from being starved to death to having his hands cut off for stealing a loaf of bread. Now he is an actual Christian in a group of Christians, which probably means that he will be killed for being a Christian in a group of Christians.

Source: Unearthly

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