Alewijn, de Lijfeigene: Historisch verhaal uit de 12e eeuw

The narrative traces a rural family whose patriarch returns from a crusade, acquires land, and then loses property through compulsive gambling, forcing the household into servitude under a monastery. Their son is assigned to the abbey poultry keeper, performing errands, plucking chickens, and observing the keeper's vanity, practical remedies, and odd feeding methods such as adding beer to grain. Episodic scenes sketch daily labor, abbey authority, social hierarchies, and the small comforts and hardships that shape peasant life in a medieval setting.