medieval village 1 st yr. medieval manor this was the area owned by a lord all the land belonged to...
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Medieval manor• This was the
area owned by a lord
• All the land belonged to the lord
• The land that the lord kept for himself…
• …was called the demesne
Things in the manor
• The manor house or castle• Serfs’ house• A forge• A water mill• Church• Bailiffs house• River and Forest
Life in a village
• A blacksmith worked in a forge• Made nails, axes, horseshoes• Miller worked in mill• He ground the peasants wheat
into flour• Made bread
The land
• Called an open-field system• Split into two• Big meadow called the commons• Other part was fields for crops
The Open Fields
• 3 large fields divided into strips (lines)• Each peasant owned a strip in each field• Crops were rotated each year in each
field• Oats and barley, then wheat, then left
fallow• Every 3 years, one field left fallow• The ground had to be rested to keeps its
fertility
Life in the manor – peasant houses
• 2 rooms – 1 eating, 1 sleeping• Made of wattle and daub• Thin braces weaved together for
frame – wattle• Mud plastered onto it for warmth –
daub• Thatched roof with straw• Animals slept in house in winter
Peasant clothes
• Made their own clothes• Grew flax – women wove into linen• Spun wool• Women – long dress• Scarf called wimple• Shoes were leather stockings – no soles• Men – woolen tunics with belt
Peasant’s food
• Only ate meat on special occasions• Why?• Too expensive• Ate bread, cheese• Pottage (soup with porridge)• Drank ale• Water too dirty to drink
Pastimes
• No work on Sundays• Board games – noughts and
crosses, draughts• Wrestling and bearbaiting• Hoodsman blind
Life of a peasant
• Very hard – worked in fields• Serfs had to also work on lords fields• Spent most of their day working in fields• Sowed crops in spring• Harvested it with scythe• Looked after their veg garden behind
their house• Looked after their animals on commons
Law and order
• A bailiff worked for the lord• Made sure peasants paid rent and
tax• Also looked after law and order• Peasants poached from orchard or
forest• Or started fights
Serfs
• Serfs might run away• If a serf ran, and lasted a year and
a day…• …he became a freeman• Also, accused people could run
into a church• Could not be arrested there• Called ‘sanctuary’
Punishment • Bailiff brought people to lord’s manor
house• Lord decided punishment• Common punishment – stocks• For petty criminals• Hands and legs locked in• Left in public• People jeered and threw rubbish at them• Or pillory• Persons hands and head locked in
Other punishments
• Thief – hand cut off• Gossiping women – ducking stool• No prisons• Dungeons – castle used for
captured soldiers only• Serious criminals were publicly
hanged
VOCAB REVISION – What are these words?
• Sanctuary• Tithe• Wattle and daub• Serf• Fallow• Pillory• Bailiff• Forge