| His work on the surplus controversy and ethno-energetic exchange in primitive cultures led him to comparisons with medieval European economies, in which he saw two distinct types, feudalism and manorialism. |
| In that case the common fields, the hides and yard-lands of the village are not the creatures of manorialism. |
| Bonds of manorialism became weak as land leases were lengthened, and the tenants began to acquire exclusive rights over land. |
| The main lines of German manorialism are not radically different from those of France and England. |
| Therefore the aspect of German manorialism is more confused and heterogeneous than that of the French or English systems. |
| These peasants were often subject to noble overlords and owed them rents and other services, in a system known as manorialism. |
