Question

"Peasants on a typical medieval manor lacked incentives to use new farming methods to produce a surplus of crops because __________.

a) the Catholic Church discouraged the development of new techniques
b) the absence of urban markets discouraged the production of a surplus
c) the soil and climate of Western Europe discouraged the introduction of new methods
d) peasants would have been forced to give all surpluses to the lord of the manor"

Answer 1

Peasants on a typical medieval manor lacked incentives to use new farming methods to produce a surplus of crops because c) the soil and climate of Western Europe discouraged the introduction of new methods.