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 254 THE HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL EUROPE EXERCISES AND READINGS Life of the Peasant. Seignobos, The Feudal Regime, translated by Dow, pp. 3-26. Luchaire, Social France, translated by Krehbiel, pp. 381-408. Sedgwick, Italy in the Thirteenth Century, vol. II, pp. 215-18. Robinson, Readings in European History, vol. 1, pp. 418-25. Source Selections on the English Manor. Robinson, Readings in European History, vol. 1, selections 157, 158, 160: or, Translations and Reprints of the University of Pennsylvania, vol. ill, no. 5, pp.4, 7-1 1, 31-32. Questions on the first selection: — 1. In the document itself what other name than manor is given to the estate? 2. Compare the number of available ploughs with the number of men using them, and draw inferences therefrom. 3. How much land would each villein and half-villein have, if we assume that all villeins had equal amounts of land, and that every half-villein had the same amount as every other half- villein? 4. Can certain payments mentioned be apportioned among villeins and half-villeins so as to come out even? 5. How do the amounts of land held by Ascelin the clerk and Rob- ert, son of Richard, compare in size with the tenancies of the villeins and half-villeins? 6. What reasons are there for thinking the socmen a class superior to the villeins? 7. Is it preferable to be a villein or a half- villein? 8. How do you explain the term, "half- villein"? 9. What is meant by "the demesne of the court"? 10. For whom is the " 1 riding horse" kept? 11. Is there a fish-pond on this manor? 12. Is there a priest on this manor? 13. What period of time is illustrated by this document? Questions on the second selection: — 1. What different classes of tenants are mentioned? 2. Is the document systematically arranged, so that it subdivide into parts? 3- Do men in the same class hold exactly the same amounts of land and perform exactly the same services and make the same pay- ments? 4. Make a concise list of the varied types of payments, services, obligations, and restrictions to which men on this manor an? subject. 5. How many days in the year does John of Cayworth have to work for his lord? (Since John seems to get three meals a day, a piece of work in connection with which he receives one or two meals may be reckoned one third or two thirds of a day's work.)