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Cooks and bakers, kitchen staff and serfs. Boys stood next to a giant fireplace turning meat on a spit while others chopped, mixed, and made dishes.
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Is it true Medieval manors were nearly self sufficient?
Yes, during Medieval Times, almost all items were produced inside the manor by serfs, who were bound to the land. There was a system of mutual obligations between the Lords of the manors and the serfs who worked for them. Lords provided serfs with food, housing, and protection, and sometimes a bit of their own land. In return, serfs worked the lord's land by producing food from the fields, and repairing bridges and roads. Serfs were also required to pay the lord to grind grain and ask his approval in order to marry.
How the people who lived on the manor earned a living in the middle ages?
Well, it had peasants [or serfs] that farmed in exchange for protection, and since usually manors were next to rivers and other natural resources, they had water, wood, food, and everything else they might need. Manors also had their own military for protection.
What would happen to the land if most people die from the black death?
Large numbers of peasants were killed by the black death, making it impossible to do all the farm work. In some places, farm animals died because there were no one left to tend them. This is not simply a problem of raising food. What food was raised was sufficient for the population that remained. Instead, it was a problem of infrastructure support. There were jobs that had to be done that did not contribute to farming. Upkeep work on the manors had to be done by taking peasants off the fields, or abandoned. In many cases the lords of manors had died, and the new lords were not well equipped to keep things going. Lords competed for peasants. Those who had the money to tempt them, lured peasants away from the manors of lords who did not. And so many manors were abandoned altogether. The land on those manors was untended, and quickly reverted to woodland. Most of those manors that survived did recover. The populations on these manors grew to what they had been. But there were fewer of them. The changes in the economic condition of the peasants meant that the land on the manors was eventually managed differently. Landlords, as part of luring serfs onto their manors, gave them more freedom than they had previously had, and this eventually meant that, where there had been a day or two of labor due the lord every week, peasants paid rent in money and worked a day or two for the lord for pay. Communal farming was reorganized so the peasants had larger fields of their own, with communal only activities being done where it was difficult not to continue with them, such as common grazing of cattle and sheep. And so the layout and use of fields was also altered. There is a link below to the economic section of an article dealing with the consequences of the Black Death. There is a bit about this there.
What happens when manors produce a food surplus?
What happened as a result of manor systems producing food surpluses
What did the lords give the peasants?
The peasants give food & land to the lords.
What is a betagh?
A betagh is a tenant in historical Ireland who provides food for a household, who, on Anglo-Nroman manors, were servile to their lords.
Who prepared the food in the peasants houses?
ther prepared the food with fire on the fireplace
Is it true Medieval manors were nearly self sufficient?
Yes, during Medieval Times, almost all items were produced inside the manor by serfs, who were bound to the land. There was a system of mutual obligations between the Lords of the manors and the serfs who worked for them. Lords provided serfs with food, housing, and protection, and sometimes a bit of their own land. In return, serfs worked the lord's land by producing food from the fields, and repairing bridges and roads. Serfs were also required to pay the lord to grind grain and ask his approval in order to marry.
Where did medieval lords get their food?
Medieval lords got their food from the peasants
How the people who lived on the manor earned a living in the middle ages?
Well, it had peasants [or serfs] that farmed in exchange for protection, and since usually manors were next to rivers and other natural resources, they had water, wood, food, and everything else they might need. Manors also had their own military for protection.
What would happen to the land if most people die from the black death?
Large numbers of peasants were killed by the black death, making it impossible to do all the farm work. In some places, farm animals died because there were no one left to tend them. This is not simply a problem of raising food. What food was raised was sufficient for the population that remained. Instead, it was a problem of infrastructure support. There were jobs that had to be done that did not contribute to farming. Upkeep work on the manors had to be done by taking peasants off the fields, or abandoned. In many cases the lords of manors had died, and the new lords were not well equipped to keep things going. Lords competed for peasants. Those who had the money to tempt them, lured peasants away from the manors of lords who did not. And so many manors were abandoned altogether. The land on those manors was untended, and quickly reverted to woodland. Most of those manors that survived did recover. The populations on these manors grew to what they had been. But there were fewer of them. The changes in the economic condition of the peasants meant that the land on the manors was eventually managed differently. Landlords, as part of luring serfs onto their manors, gave them more freedom than they had previously had, and this eventually meant that, where there had been a day or two of labor due the lord every week, peasants paid rent in money and worked a day or two for the lord for pay. Communal farming was reorganized so the peasants had larger fields of their own, with communal only activities being done where it was difficult not to continue with them, such as common grazing of cattle and sheep. And so the layout and use of fields was also altered. There is a link below to the economic section of an article dealing with the consequences of the Black Death. There is a bit about this there.
What where the daily jobs of ladies and lords?
the ladies stayed at the camp and prepared food for the men, made clothes and tended to any mens sickness or war wounds.
What did the lords give the knights?
The lords provided knights with food & land.
What did the knights give to the lords?
The lords provided knights with food & land.
What happens when manors produce a food surplus?
What happened as a result of manor systems producing food surpluses
How would lords get food?
servants
What did the lords give the peasants?
The peasants give food & land to the lords.
