WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The manor was largely a self-sufficient community. The serfs and peasants raised or produced nearly everything that they and their lord needed for daily life-crops, milk and cheese, fuel, cloth, leather goods, and lumber. The only outside purchases were salt, iron, and a few unusual objects such as millstones.

Detailed explanation-2: -Its basic unit was the manor, a self-sufficient landed estate, or fief that was under the control of a lord who enjoyed a variety of rights over it and the peasants attached to it by means of serfdom.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Manor System refers to a system of agricultural estates in the Middle Ages, owned by a Lord and run by serfs or peasants. The Lords provided safety and protection from outside threats and the serfs or peasants provided labor to run the manor.

Detailed explanation-4: -The medieval manor was a large estate granted to a lord by the king. The manor house served as the communal center of the manor as well as the residence of the lord and his family. Peasants were allowed to live on the manor in exchange for working the land reserved for the lord, known as the demesne.