What is Manorialism?
Q: What is Manorialism?
A: Manorialism or Seigneurialism is the name of the economic organization in the Middle Ages in Europe that relied primarily on agriculture.
Q: How was land distributed in Manorialism?
A: A lord received a piece of land from a higher nobleman or the king and received everything on it, including the people.
Q: Who were the people that lived on the land?
A: The people that lived on the land were called peasants.
Q: How did peasants support the nobleman?
A: Peasants had to pay tribute to the lord, work for him, or give him a portion of what they earned.
Q: What did tribute payment involve in Manorialism?
A: Tribute payment varied and could be in money, work, or a portion of what they earned. Payment in nature or sharecropping, where the lord received a tenth of what they earned, was also a form of payment.
Q: Why did peasants have to pay tribute?
A: Peasants had to pay tribute to the lord in exchange for protection.
Q: What powers did the nobleman have?
A: The nobleman had certain legal powers, including that of a police force.
