Tomislav & Zora Majstorović
Homemade products tasting; fishing on the nearby lake
Tomislav and Zora are a harmonious couple who live in the old-fashioned way. Their doors are open to all well-meaning guests who come to Drinovci village. If a country road or a friendly recommendation takes you there, you will meet the master of cured ham production and a skilled wine maker in one person. The lady of the house will treat you with homemade delicacies made from ingredients taken from their garden. Those who come from an urban area appreciate the peaceful life led here where you are surrounded by healthy and rich nature which is considered to be a great luxury and privilege today.
Peasants in the Middle Ages
Serfdom is the status of many peasants under feudalism and a condition of bondage, which developed primarily during the Middle Ages. Serfs who occupied a plot of land were required to work for the nobleman who owned that land and to a certain extent were bound legally. The main precondition for the development of serfdom and feudalism was the open field system of agriculture as the main economic activity. At the bottom of the feudal system were the common people, who neither had the extensive right to own properties nor a voice in feudal society. These common folks were alternately called peasants and a number of them toiled the fields of the nobility. Particular status of serfs depended on the status of their lords. For example, if a peasant was serving for the king he had a better position than the one serving for a simple nobleman. Although not all peasants were in abject misery and some were relatively freer than the others, towards the end of the Middle Ages peasants led difficult and brutish lives because of the harsh conditions they were often subjected to as well as because of the despotism of their feudal lords.
