Medieval European Manorialism (Manorial System) was the system where rural society was arranged around a manor house or castle on an estate. The smallest units of these estates were called manors. Free and unfree labourers here worked the owner or tenant’s land in return for protection and the right to work a separate piece of land for their own needs.
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c. 1100 - c. 1400Serfdom and manorialism is at its height in medieval Europe.
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Jun 1381The Peasants' Revolt in England.
