Exercises on the Feudal Production System

Establish a brief explanation punctuating the model of land division existing in feudal estates

Explain the labor relationship that intermediated the relationship between feudal lords and peasants.

How did the crop rotation system work?

Establish the positive and negative implications related to the use of the crop rotation system.

In the interior of the manors, we observe that the lands were basically in three parts. In the foreground, we had the so-called manor manor or domain. In this parcel of land we had the production of food that was entirely destined for the consumption of the feudal lord and his family. In the manso servile, we had the lands from which the serfs drew their own sustenance and paid the dues due to the feudal lord. Finally, in the communal mansion, we have the pastures and woods that were commonly used by servants and lords.

Peasants were subordinated to feudal lords through serfdom. In this type of relationship, of an economic and social nature, peasants were obliged to work on the land and give part of their production to the landowners. In return, feudal lords ceded their land to peasants and offered them military protection.

In the crop rotation system, arable land was divided into lots on which different crops were grown. Each year, these cultures were modified and one of the lots used was left to rest.

On the one hand, the crop rotation system had the capacity to extend the useful life of the land by undertaking the rotation of cultures in different terrains and offering rest to those same lands. On the other hand, this same practice established the limitation of agricultural production. Often, this practice determined the decrease in food available to the population.