The Manor system was an economical social system that was used in Europe during the medieval times. All of the power of the manor belonged to the Lord of that Manor. The Lord of the Manor made all of his money from the people working on it and supplying him with resources. Everyone in the manorial system contributed to each other in their own different ways. The lords offered protection to everyone on their land as long as they worked for the lords, and did anything that they needed to. The manor had everything on it that was needed, food, water, and natural resources. So many times the people of the Manor would not travel more than 25 miles away. The manor system helped out many people in different ways. It was a huge help to the peasants,
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The lord would determine whether a peasant would earn a living or not. The daily life of a peasant was hard. The peasants had to work on the lord’s land two to three days a week, and especially at busy seasons, such as plowing and harvesting. The day of a peasant on a manor started around 3 am. The everyday task of a peasant consisted of, reaping, sowing, ploughing, binding and thatching, haymaking, threshing, and hedging. The work day usually ended at dusk for the peasants, and working hours during the summer time were much longer. The life of a peasant was not that fair. The lord of the land made peasants work for long hours and a little bit of money. On top of the long hours of working, the lord took a tithe from the peasants. A tithe was a church tax and it consisted of one tenth of the peasant’s income. This was a huge blow to the peasants considering that the amount of income they already had was very low. The lord would also make the peasants work on the church land for free. This was a big problem for the peasant. Peasants would get mad at this because they could have been using the time that they were using for the church, to work on their own land.
The manor system was very useful to everyone. It provided protection for everyone on the land and was self-sufficient for the most part. The lord gave and provided protection to everyone on the land. The Manorial System was essentially a local institution, and general statements concerning it are subject to exceptions. In its simple form, it consisted of the
The lord would determine whether a peasant would earn a living or not. The daily life of a peasant was hard. The peasants had to work on the lord’s land two to three days a week, and especially at busy seasons, such as plowing and harvesting. The day of a peasant on a manor started around 3 am. The everyday task of a peasant consisted of, reaping, sowing, ploughing, binding and thatching, haymaking, threshing, and hedging. The work day usually ended at dusk for the peasants, and working hours during the summer time were much longer. The life of a peasant was not that fair. The lord of the land made peasants work for long hours and a little bit of money. On top of the long hours of working, the lord took a tithe from the peasants. A tithe was a church tax and it consisted of one tenth of the peasant’s income. This was a huge blow to the peasants considering that the amount of income they already had was very low. The lord would also make the peasants work on the church land for free. This was a big problem for the peasant. Peasants would get mad at this because they could have been using the time that they were using for the church, to work on their own land.
The manor system was very useful to everyone. It provided protection for everyone on the land and was self-sufficient for the most part. The lord gave and provided protection to everyone on the land. The Manorial System was essentially a local institution, and general statements concerning it are subject to exceptions. In its simple form, it consisted of the