The power of the church was very influential during the medieval era since it gave courage to all of those in the feudal system (King and Epperly 54). One of the parts of culture and religion that was taken very seriously in the middle ages was the Great Chain of Being. The Great Chain stated that everything in the universe has its "place" in the world. This ranged from mere pebbles all the way up to The Lord himself in heaven (Melani). The rank of each person/object in the chain is based on the spirit and matter that it possesses (Melani). The chain was recognized by the lowest class (serfs) to the highest class (nobles and kings) since the church was worshiped by all classes (King and Epperly 54). The chain focused on the disorderly fashion
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Manorialism includes the organization of manors, an estate that issues rights over land and people, that involves contracts and transactions between the owner of the land and the people on it (Jordan). Each manor is managed by a lord that was given power by the king and was further instructed by people of the manorial court (Jordan). The lord of the manor needs to be provided with each of the products that the serfs produce to have a sustainable manor ("Manorialism"). Each part of a manor contributed to the manor’s success and sustainability throughout the middle ages. Each manor includes a manor house, church, pond, pasture, village, farmland (spring and autumn planting, fallow), mill, barn, oven, wood lot and waste land (Pearcy). The purpose for all of these structures in a manor was to maintain its self-sufficiency. People living the manor produced the majority of the food on the manor. Approximately 80-90% of the population was devoted to supplying and producing food, raising livestock, milling their own grain, and making their own clothes (Ebeling). As long as a bulk of the population was being efficient in terms of their labor, the lord was able to manage a successful manor. The manor/manorialism is the main reason why feudalism functions because of the support it provides in terms of agricultural production and other
Manorialism includes the organization of manors, an estate that issues rights over land and people, that involves contracts and transactions between the owner of the land and the people on it (Jordan). Each manor is managed by a lord that was given power by the king and was further instructed by people of the manorial court (Jordan). The lord of the manor needs to be provided with each of the products that the serfs produce to have a sustainable manor ("Manorialism"). Each part of a manor contributed to the manor’s success and sustainability throughout the middle ages. Each manor includes a manor house, church, pond, pasture, village, farmland (spring and autumn planting, fallow), mill, barn, oven, wood lot and waste land (Pearcy). The purpose for all of these structures in a manor was to maintain its self-sufficiency. People living the manor produced the majority of the food on the manor. Approximately 80-90% of the population was devoted to supplying and producing food, raising livestock, milling their own grain, and making their own clothes (Ebeling). As long as a bulk of the population was being efficient in terms of their labor, the lord was able to manage a successful manor. The manor/manorialism is the main reason why feudalism functions because of the support it provides in terms of agricultural production and other