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BLOCK -2
FEUDALISM AND RISE OF URBAN CENTRES
UNIT -1
MANORIAL SYSTEM
OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS
1. Name the social system formed on the basis of land ownership in medieval Europe
Ans. Feudalism
2. Which system was replaced by Norman feudalism?
Ans. Anglo saxon system
3. Which conquest led to the origin of feudalism in England?
Ans. Norman conquest
4. Who introduced the feudal system in England?
Ans. William 1
5. Which where the two systems that existed in middle Europe?
Ans. Feudalism and manorial system
6. Mention the system under which agriculture was organised in medieval Europe
Ans. Manorial system
7. Identify the four stages of the feudal system
Ans. King,vassal,knights,lords
8. Which period was the peak of the black death
Ans. 1347-1352
9. What was another word for a peasant under feudal system?
Ans.serf
10. Who dominated the feudal system?
Ans.kings and lords
1. Explain the factors that led to the decline of the manorial system
Ans. Both feudalism and manorialism declined due to several developments in the late middle ages one particular blow came from the sudden population decline caused by wars and plague particularly the black death. Another frequent risk to everyone's live lifehood was crop failure such crisis caused acronic shortage of labour and the abundant of estate because there was no one to work them the growth of large towns and cities also result in labourers leaving the countryside in large numbers in search of a better future and many succeeded in getting new jobs available there working for a new and wealthy merchant class another reason for the decline was the number of revolts by the peasantry against their laws England for instance witness a peasant revolt in 1381CE which caused a strong blow to the memorial system.
Finally the increase in the use of co-orinage in the late middle ages resulted in many serfs making a payment to their lord instead of labour paying a fee to be absolved from some of the labour expected of them or even buying their freedom.
2. According to feudal manner explain the lifestyle of serfs in medieval Europe
Ans. The economic system of the middle ages was founded on feudalism supporting the overlords with the work of serf using compulsory labour. Serfdom was a type of survive bounded occurring mostly among many many across Europe is a form of an unfree peasant a serf could not move from place to place because they were essentially tied to the land of the lord they served.
Serfdom was determined by birth meaning is it once parents were serf one would become a serf and so would once sons and daughters the serf were not slaves but they had no right to free movement and payment for their labour the serf worked the demesne land of their lord 2 or 3 days each week more during periods like harvest time on the other days serf could farm that land given to them for their own family needs the personal property of a serf and his simple thatched house of mud and stroke or belong to the land owner fees to their lords such as on the marriage of the lords eldest daughter etc from morning to night the serf where closely watched supervisor and order to do various task they were born on land and lived out their lives there.
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