They are used in the study of manorialism. Alfabra would remain in the background under the organizing principle of manorialism. During the Middle Ages the market was part of the manorialism of Lilienfeld Abbey. In the modern age, Potes remained a place of manorialism. The origins of the lordship of manors arose in the Anglo-Saxon system of manorialism. Manorialism operated for the ensuing centuries. Manorialism continued as the main for of administration and governance until the mid-19th century. Due to two different enclosure movements, manorialism fell just as quickly as it came.