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Question 52

Select all that apply. What did villagers use the common land and woodland for?

  1. Grazing their animalsCorrect answer
  2. Gathering wood for fuel and buildingCorrect answer
  3. Growing the lord's own grain crop
  4. Hunting the lord's deer whenever they pleased

Explanation

Ground that no household held in strips still had great value to everyone, since it fed animals that small holdings could not support and supplied the fuel and timber every cottage needed. The suggestion about the lord's grain is the closest trap, because he certainly did grow his own crop on the estate, but he grew it on the land he kept for himself and not on ground shared by the village.

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