Manor house
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A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor. The house formed the administrative centre of a manor in the European feudal system; within its great hall were usually held
The Abbey, Sutton Courtenay in Oxfordshire (previously Berkshire), considered to be a "textbook" example of the English medieval manor house
Markenfield Hall in North Yorkshire, a 14th-century manor house with moat and gatehouse
Ightham Mote, a 14th-century moated manor house in Kent, England
Leeds Manor House Blue Plaque, Scarborough Hotel
Manorialism
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Manorialism, also known as seigneurialism, the manor system or manorial system, was the method of land ownership in parts of Europe, notably France and later England, during the Middle Ages. Its defin
Manor house
…A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor. The house formed the administrative centre of a manor in the European feudal system; within its great hall were usually held the lord's manorial courts, communal meals with manorial tenants and great…
Ploughing on a French ducal manor in March from the manuscript, Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, c. 1410
The great hall at Penshurst Place, Kent, built in the mid 14th century. A manor house hall was where the lord and his family ate, received guests, and conferred with dependents.
Reconstruction of a medieval castle, Bachritterburg, Baden-Württemberg
Bayeux Tapestry scene 23 Harold sacramentum fecit Willelmo duci