What Was the Attitude of Lords to Peasants Opening Wastelands

question 45

Multiple Choice

What was the attitude of lords to peasants opening wastelands to cultivation?

• A)They discouraged it for fear of a drain on labor available to them.
• B)They encouraged it by replacing personal service with rents in exchange for moving to new lands.
• C)They confiscated newly opened land from peasants and enserfed them.
• D)They encouraged it by offering to buy the land from the peasants once it was improved.
• E)They remained indifferent since it was not a new phenomenon.

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