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Feudalism and Manorialism - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Peasants rarely traveled more than 25 miles from their own manor
      - By standing in the center of a plowed field, they could see their entire world at a glance, A manor usually covered only a few square miles of land
      - It typically consisted of the lord’s manor house, a church, and workshops
      - 15 to 30 families lived in the village on a manor,Fields, pastures, and woodlands surrounded the village
      - 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
      - These were huge stones used to grind flour. Crops grown on the manor usually included grains, such as wheat, rye, barley, and oats, and vegetables, such as peas, beans, onions, and beets
    - - The Serfs could never leave they are just probity. But slaves can be sold and they do labor for other people
  - - - the metal horseshoe was invented
      - A new type of horse harness was also used that was better than what the Romans had
      - he pitchfork was used for the first time to turn over plowed earth
      - This type of thinking kept alive original thought. This eventually led to the Scientific Revolution
  - - - For the privilege of living on the lord’s land, peasants paid a high price,They paid a tax on all grain ground in the lord’s mill
      - Any attempt to avoid taxes by baking bread elsewhere was treated as a crime,Peasants also paid a tax on marriage
      - Weddings could take place only with the lord’s consent. After all these payments to the lord, peasant families owed the village priest a tithe, or church tax
      - Serfs lived in crowded cottages, close to their neighbors. The cottages had only one or two rooms
      - If there were two rooms, the main room was used for cooking, eating, and household activities. The second was the family bedroom
      - At night, the family huddled on a pile of straw that often crawled with insects
      - Peasants’ simple diet consisted mainly of vegetables, coarse brown bread, grain, cheese, and soup
    - - The catholic church which was the most trusted institution in Medieval Europe, would often preside over the kings coronation.