HISTORY
MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN EUROPE
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a need of workers
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they wanted to and it was really fun
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they paid money to live in a good place
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they needed protection and had no land of their own
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Detailed explanation-1: -WHAT IS ON A MANOR? The people living on the manor were from all “levels” of Feudalism: Peasants, Knights, Lords, and Nobles. There were usually large fields around the Manor used for livestock, crops, and hunting. The only people allowed to hunt in the manor’s forests were nobles.
Detailed explanation-2: -Barons leased land from the King that was known as a manor. They were known as the Lord of the Manor and were in complete control of this land. They established their own system of justice, minted their own money, and set their own taxes.
Detailed explanation-3: -Although not typically built with strong fortifications as were castles, many manor-houses were fortified, which required a royal licence to crenellate. They were often enclosed within walls or ditches which often also included agricultural buildings.
Detailed explanation-4: -noun. (in England) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord’s demesne and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc. any similar territorial unit in medieval Europe, as a feudal estate.