4.2 On the Domain

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 1

Life on a Domain, the manorial system

or demesne or manor.

Feudal system

Tekst

The bottom layer of this piramid takes place on a domain. 

lord of the Manor

1. Ruled the land.
2. peasants worked for him and payed taxes.
3. in return he protected them. 
4. He was also judge.

What kind of professions do we see here?

people living on the Domain

lord of the manor

blacksmith

baker

miller

brewer

and peasants.

and ......

What was the task of the local clergy?
people who worked for the church?

buildings on a domain..

Castle, or fortified farm, house of the lord of the manor. 

Mill

blacksmith workshop

bakers

church

peasants houses

brewery

People on a domain made everything themselves. 

They made their own cloths out of wool.

All foods were home grown and made.

Tools were made by the blacksmith. 

Clergy

peasants

Nobles

Estate-based society

Europe was an  estate-based society (=standensamenleving).  
Your place in society (estate) was determined by birth. 
Society consisted of three estates:  

• 1st estate: clergy  
• 2nd estate: nobility   
• 3rd estate: rest of society (around 98%)