Manorialism

Manorialism was the system of relations, both political and economic, between landlords and serfs. Serfs did the agricultural labor on landlords' estates (or manors). They lived on the land and gave part of their goods to their landlord in return for protection and administration of justice. The manoralism system started in in the late Roman Empire. The lack of large political structures and the decline of trade helped make the manorial system even stronger.

by: Hampton Webb - 10/22/08 Edited by: Alexa DeAntonio 10-22-2008 Edited by: Dirk Gadsden (October 23, 2008)

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