Manorialism

How it is used

Distinguish estate organization from feudal relationships between lords and vassals.

Example sentences

1. The account illustrates manorialism through rents, labour dues and estate production.

   The focus is the rural estate's economic organization.

2. The course compares changes in manorialism across several regions.

   The system varied rather than forming one uniform medieval pattern.

Common collocations

• the manorial system
• the decline of manorialism

Related terms

• feudalismA term for the social and political order of medieval Europe in which lords granted land to vassals in return for loyalty and military service, while peasants worked the land.
• agrarianRelating to farming, land and the people who work it, or describing a society or economy based mainly on agriculture.

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