CHAPTER 7 To the Manor Born

Example: The medieval ___ included the lord’s manor house, fields for growing food, village, church, and graveyard.

People from the village had to leave the estate and travel to go to Sunday worship, baptisms, weddings, and funerals.

In addition to the manor house for the lord, and cottages for the people who lived on the estate, there was ...

The majority of people were farmers. Some were blacksmiths who made metal tools, horseshoes, and even swords.

Example: Medieval Europe had few large cities, but it had a great number of small _____ .

_____ is needing no help from others to live or survive.

The manor house was usually surrounded by the land where the food was grown and villages.

The people who lived in the villages during the Middle Ages were self-sufficient.

The serfs were responsible for ...

_____ is an area of land or property.

Example: By rotating crops with the three-field system, farmers were able to regularly replenish the ____ in the soil.

Only the king and the law of the ____ could limit the lord’s powers.

The serfs had to provide services to the lord such as:

People knew that if a field was farmed year after year, it lost its ability to grow healthy crops. They created the

In the three-field system, the cropland on an estate was divided into three fields. Each year ...

The lords had all the power such as

People who lived on the estate depended on other countries to bring soap, candles, furniture, leather, tools, and cloth.

Example: During medieval times, the lord and his family lived comfortably in the _____ house.

In the third year of the three-field system, the fields were unplanted for the soil to recover and keep renewing itself.

Example: The medieval manor estate was in many ways a _____ village.

_____ provided a mill to grind the grain grown on the manor, and large community ovens for baking the grain into bread.

A smart lord took good care of his serfs.

The lord spent time building a community to bond and build cooperation among the people by ...

The lord also protected the people who lived on the manor estate. If an enemy were to attack, ...

The fields that were not planted had a chance to recover _____ as old matter broke down and replenished the soil.

Cooperation was essential to survival. People had to work together to create, produce goods, and share for trade.

The lord of the manor had many important responsibilities and the authority to make important decisions.

Example: A ____ was required to give some of the food he planted on the estate to the lord.

_____ is a group of houses and buildings, smaller than a town, in a rural area.

Serfs had to give the lord a portion of the ___ to the lord of the manor of the estate.

The soil in England and northern Europe was rich, but the growing season was short and rainy.

The lord would exchange labor, or serfs, for land.

The next year, each field would be used the same.

The lord had the authority to ...

_____ is a large country house and its surrounding land.

In much of northern Europe, each ____ lived in a castle or manor house.

_____ is a person living on a feudal estate who is required to work for the lord of the manor.

Serfs got to keep everything they grew or produced instead of giving it to the lord of the manor.

___ is something that provides what is needed to grow and live.

The lord provided the following for farming ...