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Under this system, peasants lived on a manor presided over by a lord or a bishop of the church. Peasants paid rent or labor services to the lord in exchange for their right to cultivate the land. Fallowed land, pastures, forests, and wasteland were held in common. The open field system required cooperation among the peasants of the manor. It was gradually replaced by individual ownership and management of land.
Peasants lived on the manor. 1  Peasant families usually lived together in a 1-2 bedroom house. 2  Peasants had very items in a peasants or serf home. 3  They had very few cooking utinsels and a table or 2. 4  The peasants and serfs painted their houses with a white substance called lime.