because There are hills all around you and lots of open space. There is a beautiful river and ample rainfall. You have good neighbors and a home of your own. It's just a little home with a dirt floor and a thatched roof, but you like it. It's what you know.
You also know that there are other people, mean people, who live on the hill right next to yours.
You have never actually seen these people, but you have heard about them. You have heard that the people who live on the other hill burn down houses just for the fun of it. They would burn down yours if they knew where you lived.
You are really afraid of the people who live on the other side of the hill. You do not want to travel past them. Instead, you stay home where things are pleasant. You make your own shoes. You bake your own bread. You live among people you have known all your life. You never travel anywhere because to do so you would have to pass the mean people who live on the other side of the hill, and that would be too scary.
the nobles need food from them
yes, it did cause the manor system
The manor system was organized by people giving back
Manor system
In the Manor System the mutual obligations meat the lord provide military protection for his serfs and the serfs provided labor.
could not own land.
Could not own land
because it naturaly developed out of the manor system
The manor system protects serfs and merchants, that live in manor. Knights allowed peasants to farm land on their large estates. In return the peasants had to give the knights food, goods or other payment.
In the feudal system the most powerful person was the monarch. The most important person in the everyday life of the peasants would probably have been the reeve, who supervised their daily work and reported to the manor lord.
The manor system is when knights allowed peasants to farm land on their large estates. In return, the peasants had to give the knights food or other payment.
Manorial system began with the decline of the Roman power. It flourished between 11th and 15th century. Germanist and Romanist influences contributed to the development of the manor system. Towards the end of Roman empire, individual estates developed that gradually turned into the manor system. The system structure was also very similar to the German system of land holding.