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Transcribed Image Text:2. Manorialism
During the Middle Ages (time period), a new form of government called
feudalism appeared in response to increased invasions and limited resources.
(Before this was traditional economies.) Manorialism was an economic system
that went along with a feudal lifestyle. European (society) Feudalism (the
government) required that political, social and economic life revolved around a
manor (large unit of land). Everyone who lived on that manor had to perform
some type of duty, whether it be growing crops, making goods by hand or protecting the lord of the manor.
There were not many opportunities to leave the manor and people had to be self-sufficient (able to provide for
themselves) on the manor. The resources needed to make food, clothing, furniture, fuel, etc. came entirely
from the manor. Existing mostly in Japan and Europe, in manorialism there was very little trading, and
people were generally tied to the manor. The lord controlled what resources were grown on the manor and
how they were to be used. Because the lord was in charge of the land and could control the activities of
people on it, there emerged a social class system where the lord was the highest and most powerful person in
that society, followed by the Church, then the knights, merchants and artisans, and finally, the serfs
(peasants). Serfs were not slaves, because they could not be bought or sold, but they could not easily leave
the manor either.
Transcribed Image Text:What type of
government is this (features) of this economic system?
economic system
associated with?
What is the historical
context?
What are the defining characteristics
(List 2 for each)
2. Manorialism
Society (Location)2
Time Period (not dates)?
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