Name three different persons living in villages besides the normal villeins.
bailiff, priest, smith, miller, lord...
Which duties did a villein have? Name two!
pay taxes and tithes, do boon work, give a pg /oxen if the peasant died, ask for permission if daughters wanted to get married or they wanted to leave the villa
Why did the farmers use the 3-field-system?
The changes of crops grown in the fields kept the soil fertile.
What do the villeins get from the lord in exchange for their work? Name all 3!
protection, land, justice
What did the villeins usually eat? Name 2 things
bread, pottage, eggs, cabbage, milk, cheese
Why did a lot of freemen give up their freedom during the early Middle Ages? Name two reasons!
Because they had to do military service for the lord and military equipment was expensive and wars usually took place in summer, when a peasant must work most.
Name three jobs a peasant had to do on his fields.
ploughing, sowing, harvesting
Why did the peasants work together on their fields?
Because the fields were divided into strips and were sown and harvested together.
What does it mean if a field lies fallow?
Nothing is planted and grown there so the soil can recover.
Why did the peasants divide the fields into strips?
Like this, every villein got parts of the good and the bad fields.
Name three different crops the villeins grew on their fields.
rye, wheat, barley, oats