WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -A key component of the Manor System, the three-field system was a method of crop rotation designed to maximize the amount of food the manor produced. The fields were used for different purposes and were rotated each year. The rotation allowed the fields to regain nutrients needed for crops to grow.

Detailed explanation-2: -With more crops available to sell and agriculture dominating the economy at the time, the three-field system created a significant surplus and increased economic prosperity.

Detailed explanation-3: -The three-field system of crop rotation was employed by medieval farmers, with spring as well as autumn sowings. Wheat or rye was planted in one field, and oats, barley, peas, lentils or broad beans were planted in the second field. The third field was left fallow.

Detailed explanation-4: -three-field system, method of agricultural organization introduced in Europe in the Middle Ages and representing a decisive advance in production techniques.

Detailed explanation-5: -Under the new three-field rotation system, one would plant (and therefore harvest) 400 acres. In this system, a third of the land was planted with spring crops, such as oats and barley. Second, it protected farmers from starvation if one of the crops failed.