Life after Rome: Early Medieval Society

Objective Understand the manorial system as Europe’s early economic system

What does Europe look like?

A Different Kind of Change Barbarians destroy Roman developments Decline in education, art, trade, and cities Europe breaks into many small kingdoms Agriculture becomes the main source of food in society Manorial/Feudalism become the standard social and economic system

Manor System Manor-large plots of land (estates) Owned by wealthy land owners (lords) Peasants, or common people, worked the manor

How did the Manor System Work? Manor System- Economic system for exchanging land use and protection for goods and services Manor lands divided into sections Peasants paid for their use of their land with goods and services Peasants depended on the lord for protection

What would you find on a Manor? Manor house-where the lord lived Mill-powered by water Peasant homes Church-center of religious worship and social gatherings

Bailiff - A Bailiff was a person of some importance who undertook the management of manors Reeve - A Reeve was a manor official appointed by the lord or elected by the peasants Millar - Most manors had windmills or watermills. The right to mill was in the gift of the Lord of The Manor. Servants - Servants were house peasants who worked in the lord's manor house, doing the cooking, cleaning, laundering, and other household chores Serf - Medieval Serfs were peasants who worked his lord's land and paid him certain dues in return for the use of land, the possession but not the ownership of which was heritable. Dues were usually in the form of labor on the lord's land. Medieval Serfs were expected to work for approximately 3 days each week on the lord's land. Villein - A peasant or villein was a low status tenant who worked as an agricultural worker or laborer. A peasant or villein usually cultivated 20-40 acres of land Cottager: A low class peasant with a cottage, but with little or no land who generally worked as a simple laborer

Interesting notes about the Manor System 1/3 of the crops grown go to the lord, 1/3 to the Church, the rest to the peasants. Many peasants were serfs. They were part of the manor property. They also lived with their farm animals Large manor house will be replaced by castles Manorial system lasts until the 12th century (1100’s)

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The Feudal System: People believed he was chosen by God Was given many decorated titles: Duke Earl Baron Chivalry: code of moral, religious, and Social systems

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