manorial system
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of manorial system
First recorded in 1955–60
Example Sentences
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Side by side with the village community system there was a separate development of individual ownership and tillage, which developed into the manorial system.
From History of Human Society by Blackmar, Frank W. (Frank Wilson)
Cf. also Sir Anthony Fitzherbert and the account of the manorial system of farming in England in Prothero's English Farming Past and Present.
From Roman Farm Management The Treatises of Cato and Varro by Harrison, Fairfax
Gradually a change came over them, and we find the manorial system in vogue.
From English Villages by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)
The manorial system was in fact a combination of large farming by the lords, and small farming by the tenants.
From A Short History of English Agriculture by Curtler, W. H. R. (William Henry Ricketts)
As the manorial system thus superimposed upon the village community was the basis of English rural economy for centuries, there need be no apology for describing it at some length.
From A Short History of English Agriculture by Curtler, W. H. R. (William Henry Ricketts)
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