What was a medieval manor?
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A medieval manor was a large estate that formed the basic unit of rural life in much of western Europe. It usually included the lord’s house, farmland, peasant holdings, and common land.
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The manor system was central to medieval feudal life, especially from around the 9th to 15th centuries. A manor was not just a house but an economic unit where peasants worked the land and owed rents, labor, or produce to the lord. Many manors had a village, fields divided into strips, pasture, woodland, and a manor court for local disputes. This system organized agriculture and local administration in a time when centralized government was limited.
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