Fast & Curious: The Manor

The manor, ________, was the center of life during the Middle Ages.

• a large area of land

• the nobilities estate

• a fief given to a vassal

Serfs were not slaves.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The part of the manor where peasants lived.

• bake house

• village

• mill

The short life span of peasants was probably due to_________

• hard work and poor hygiene

• hard living conditions and poor diet

• hard food and little clothing

A runaway serf could become free if________.

• they plowed 6 fields in 12 hours

• they avoided capture for a year and a day

• they trained to become a knight