Open-field Task
Open field may refer to: *Open-field system, a system of agriculture prevalent throughout Europe from the Middle Ages to the 20th Century *Open fields doctrine, a U.S. legal doctrine used for evaluating claims of an unreasonable search *''Open Field'', album by Taken By Trees * Open Field (animal test), a measure of general locomotor activity in rodents {{disambig ...
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Open-field System
The open-field system was the prevalent agricultural system in much of Europe during the Middle Ages and lasted into the 20th century in Russia, Iran, and Turkey. Each manor or village had two or three large fields, usually several hundred acres each, which were divided into many narrow strips of land. The strips or selions were cultivated by peasants, often called tenants or serfs. The holdings of a manor also included woodland and pasture areas for common usage and fields belonging to the lord of the manor and the religious authorities, usually Roman Catholics in medieval Western Europe. The farmers customarily lived in separate houses in a nucleated village with a much larger manor house and church nearby. The open-field system necessitated co-operation among the residents of the manor. The Lord of the Manor, his officials, and a manorial court administered the manor and exercised jurisdiction over the peasantry. The Lord levied rents and required the peasantry to work on h ...
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