manorial system
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of manorial system
First recorded in 1955–60
Example Sentences
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In the thirteenth century the manorial system may be said to have been in its zenith; the description therefore of Cuxham Manor in Oxfordshire at that date is of special interest.
From A Short History of English Agriculture by W. H. R. (William Henry Ricketts) Curtler
The relation of free tenancies to the manorial system turns out to be a complex one.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Paul Vinogradoff
Then labour services are substituted for the old provender rents, and thus the Church acquires a demesne, and thus the foundations of the manorial system, still to be traced all over the country, were laid.
From A Short History of English Agriculture by W. H. R. (William Henry Ricketts) Curtler
In Maryland the old manorial system had long been dying a natural death through the encroachments of the patriarchal system of slavery.
From The Critical Period of American History by John Fiske
Under the manorial system, the rise of which preceded the Norman Conquest, communal methods of husbandry remained, but the position of the cultivator was radically altered.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
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