The manorial system was developed during times when the situation was very chaotic. Everything from migrating tribal armies to Viking raiding parties threatened the peace, and the countries of...
1st Answer: There were no aqueducts in the middle ages and no running water into houses. The Romans knew how to build aqueducts and to bring water into cities and provide running water to houses, but...
The work week was 7 days. Sunday the morning was taken for church, but there were still animals to feed, crops to tend, and other chores that needed to get done.
Basically, what percentage of the land lay fallow, or was not being cultivated. About halfway through the low middle ages, they changed from a two field system to a three field system. This improved...