Which of the following work arrangements is most similar to manorialism?
History · High School · Tue Nov 03 2020
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The work arrangement that is most similar to manorialism is a sharecropping system. In sharecropping, a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crops produced on that land. Sharecropping has characteristics similar to manorialism because, in both systems, the laborers work the land and give a portion of their produce to the landowner.
Manorialism was an essential component of the feudal system in medieval Europe. It revolved around large estates called manors, which consisted of the lord's lands and peasant's holdings. The peasants, known as serfs, received protection and a plot of land to cultivate from the lord in exchange for various forms of labor on their lord's demesne (the part of the manor reserved exclusively for the lord's use) and a portion of their agricultural produce.