Question

Manorialism can best be described as
A.
the land given to monasteries by different governments as a show of loyalty to the Church.
B.
the process of how a nobleman's son in the Middle Ages could become a knight.
C.
the economic ties between the nobles and the peasants who worked on their lands.
D.
the political relationships between the king or queen, the nobility, and the peasants.

Answer 1

C. Manorialism refers to the economic and social system tying nobles (lords) to the peasants/serfs who worked their manor lands, involving rents, labor services, and mutual obligations.