Manoralism...?

Question

I am studying for my midterm in my western civilization class. In order to study, im essentially taking the test by writing out who, what, when, where,how and why the term is importent to history in a short paragraph like the test. If you could please look over what I have written and see if there is anything i have missed, just keep into account that i have 20 of these that i have to study for the test. Thank you.

Manoralism:
Manoralism was a system closley linked with feudelism and the Lord and Vassal system during the middle ages. The lord was in charge of both the land itself and of protecting it. The serfs were in charge of working the land with part of the crop going to the lord and just enough going to the serf to sustain themselves. The lord in turn paid tribute to the lord or king above him. It is based on an agricultural society and was self-sustaining.

Answer 1

http://www.rockwood.k12.mo.us/rsouth/hall/Middle%20Ages/manoralism/manoralism.htm

This link defines "peasants" and how their efforts expanded their economic community, resulting in the demise of grand self-contained estates. From this reading, I gathered that manoralism was a way of life under the Lord and Vassal system.

In recognition of your study methods, you are an A+ student. The linked article is a quick read and validates your paragraph.

Answer 2

It is extremely good that you differentiate between feudalism and the manorial system. The lord of the manor held the land from his lord in vassalage. The lord of the manor owed his lord homage (a kind of worshipful acknowledgement), fealty (loyalty), and suit-to-court (appearance at the lord's court to back up the lord).

The lord's lord owed him loyalty and protection. Thus the lord of the manor relied on his lord to protect him and his land. The lord of the manor owed military service to his lord.

On a manor, the land was divided up into the serfs' land and the lord's land. The serfs were unfree, but they had the right to inherit their ancestors' right to farm the land. Serfs could not leave, but the lord could not deny the son of a serf the right to go on farming the same land. Serfs had to farm the lord's land alongside their own. They also owed some crops from their own lands to the lord.

You are right that this was an agricultural society, and manors were self-sustaining because they had to be.

Answer 3

Thats very good. Just one thing that might impress the teacher-mention its basicly how the world has almost always worked up into part of the 'modern world' began.