Which statement best describes how the manorial system impacted peasants economically?

A.

Peasants were not allowed to take payment for defending the manor.

B.

Peasants were supported by their lords.

C.

Peasants were not allowed to sell the crops they grew.

D.

Peasants were sold to other lords like slaves.

The best answer is B. Peasants were supported by their lords.

Explanation:

The manorial system was the most convenient device for organizing the estates of the aristocracy and the clergy in the Middle Ages in Europe, and it made feudalism possible. The lord's farmlands were taken care of and productive. Peasants were provided protection from foreign invaders ... They paid taxes to the lord. Manorialism, also called manorial system, seignorialism, or seignorial system, political, economic, and social system by which the peasants of medieval Europe were rendered dependent on their land and on their lord.