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Medieval Europe
Manor System Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| manor | the house of a lord; could be a castle or a large house |
| demesne | land farmed especially for the lord |
| strip farming | farm land divided into long strips for different uses |
| peasant | a person working for a lord |
| villain | a "free" peasant |
| serf | a "bound" peasant |
| cotter | farm laborer with no rights to any land |
| glebe | land farmed by or for the manor priest or parson(also called parson's close) |
| parson | a minister |
| close | meadows farmed specifically for the lord |
| waste | land used for grazing of animals |
| bailiff | overseer of the lord's lands |
| arable land | farm(able) land |