Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . f the ?.?,?.- r i • i • serfs the ancient descnptions of manors, which give an exact account of what each member of a particular community owed to thelord. For example, we find that the abbot of Peterboroughheld a manor upon which Hugh Miller and seventeen otherserfs, mentioned by name, were required to work for him threedays in each week during the whole year, except one week atChristmas, one at Easter, and one at Whitsuntide. Each serfwas to give the lor
Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . f the ?.?,?.- r i • i • serfs the ancient descnptions of manors, which give an exact account of what each member of a particular community owed to thelord. For example, we find that the abbot of Peterboroughheld a manor upon which Hugh Miller and seventeen otherserfs, mentioned by name, were required to work for him threedays in each week during the whole year, except one week atChristmas, one at Easter, and one at Whitsuntide. Each serfwas to give the lord abbot one bushel of wheat and eighteen 1 See above, p. 12. The Age of Disorder; Feudalism lOI sheaves of oats, three hens, and one cock yearly, and five eggs If he sold his horse for more than ten shillings, he wasto give the said abbot fourpence. Five other serfs, mentioned byname, held but half as much land as Hugh and his companions,by paying and doing in all respects half as much service. One of the most remarkable characteristics of the manor wasits independence of the rest of the world. It produced nearly. Fig. 34. PlERREFONDS This castle of Pierrefonds, not very far from Paris, was built by thebrother of the king of France, about 1400. It has been very carefullyrestored in modern times and gives one a good idea of the way in whichthe feudal lords of that period lived. Within the walls is a hand-some central courtyard and magnificent apartments everything that its members needed, and might almost have con-tinued to exist indefinitely without communication with those wholived beyond its bounds. Little or no money was necessary,fcfr the peasants paid what was due to the lord in the form oflabor and farm products. They also rendered the needful helpto one another and found little occasion for buying and selling. I02 Medieval and Modem Times The monot-ony andmisery of thepeasantslives Baiter re-placed bymoneytransactions There was almost no opportunity to bet
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