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"At the Norman Conquest England was already as manorialised as it was ever to be." Comment.
Are we justified in speaking of a manorial reaction in mid thirteenth century England ?
What were the main obligations of servile tenants to their lords before 1300 ?
What is the significance of the 'chronology of labour services'
'The most marked feature of the changes in the English economy between 1350 and 1450 is the transformation of a depressed villeinage into a prosperous peasantry.' Do you agree ?
"No more substantial work was accomplished in our period than the building up of a village life which, though full of hardships and shortages, was not without dignity, colour and the independence which comes from a well established routine." Comment.
Discuss the effects of the Black Death on estate management in England.
What were the elements of popular discontent leading to the Peasants' Revolt in 1381 ?
Did the Peasants' Revolt of 1381 exert any significant influence on the development of the rural society of later medieval England ?
Was the Peasants' Revolt of 1381 anything more than a spontaneous outburst of discontent ?
Why did the Rising of 1381 collapse ?
"There never was realm nor country in so great adventure as it was in that time, and all because of the ease and riches that the common people were of, which moved them to rebellion."Would you agree with this judgment on the Peasants' Revolt?
How do you account for the lack of contemporary sympathy for the peasants in 1381 ?
Would you agree that the emergence of the Yeoman was the most significant social fact of the fifteenth century ?
How and why did the manor lose its dominant role in the organisation of English rural society ?
Explain the causes and effects of the break up of the manor.
What evidence is there for supposing that the fifteenth century was one of economic prosperity for England?
"Social, economic and religious problems which we used to regard as being characteristically
'Tudor' were already clamouring for attention in the later fourteenth century." Discuss.
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School of History and Welsh History - University of Wales Bangor