Medieval Period Flashcards

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Feudal system

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How land was owened in society

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Medieval period

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The time after they defeated the Roman Empire

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Demesne

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The land that the king owened but let is followers farm it

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Vassels

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Lord but with different titles such as earl and count

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Knight

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People that fought for there king or follower on horses

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Serf

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Was someone that the king owened.
He could not get married with out the king permission
He farmed for the king .gave him food

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Freeman

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He followed the king but had the right to marry who he wanted

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Manor

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Was the land owened by The Lord

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Tithe

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Thr peasants had to pay tax to the priest

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Commons

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A field used to farm the animals

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Open field system

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Every serf got a acre of land to farm each year the changed there land

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Fallow

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Nothing growing let the soil rest

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Crop rotation

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Every year the leave to rest let the soil get better

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Pottage

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Vegetable soup with porridge

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Bailiff

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He looked after the lords land and kept law and order

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Sanctuary

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When a criminal ran into the church the cop could not arrest him
In the church

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Motte and bailey

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Made from wood and very easy to build

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Moat

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Is the sea beside motte and bailey

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Keep

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We’re The Lord and lady lived

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Battlements

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We’re the soldiers looked out on top of the keep

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Curtain walls

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Outer walls of the castle

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Turrets

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Strong towers along the walls

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Drawbridge

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Raised at night or when enemy’s approached

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Portcullis

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Was an iron grille at the front if the castle

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Ramparts
Ran along the top of the castle
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Latrines
We're the toilets I. The castle
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Trenches
Big pieces of bread used like a plate
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Wimple
Headdress is a wimple
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Hawking
Hawks caught pray and held competition for this
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Jousting
Knights fight each other with blunt swords
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Dowry
The women family would pay the husband with land or money
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Page
When the lords son was 7 they sent him to a different lord that lord thought him sword fighting and manners
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Squires
When the lords son was fourteen he leared how to fight on a horse back.he went to war with The Lord
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Dubbing
Was the ceremony when someone was going to become a knight
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Chivalry
A code that The Lord said you should be brave and love god
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Toll
What traders had to pay to get in the gates
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Curfew
When all fires had to be put out
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Leprosy
A skin disease that happened when the Black Death came around
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Black Death
A horrible disease that wiped out a third of the population of Europe
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Charter
A legal document that let towns run their own fairs but the king had to except
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Guild
All craftspeople had to belong to a guild lords could vote for cooperation
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Apprentice
At 12 he went to live with a master craftsman and did not get paid for 7 years
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Journeyman
He had to produce a master piece and then if it was good enough he became a journeyman he could leave his master for a better wage
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Master Crafts man
After a journeyman he became master craftsman he could open his own shop and sell his own stuff
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Romanesque
The had round arches And decorations over the doors
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Gothic
The newer church out of the both of them the had pointed windows and spires
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Flying buttresses
The arches on the outside supported their weight, these were called flying buttresses
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Dormitory
We're the all slept in the monastery
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Refectory
We're the ate there meals
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Cloister
We're the monks walked and prayer
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Scriptorium
We're the copied manuscripts
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Infirmany
Where the sick were nursed
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Chapter house
We're the discussed business and picked a new abbot
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Novice
The fist step in becoming a monk
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Tonsure
The bald patch on a monks head
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Matins
It's morning prayers
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Vespers
Evening prayer
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Compline
Night prayer
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Abbot
Head of the monastery how was elected by other monks
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Prior
When he was away on business he took over
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Almonour
Looked after the poor who visited
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Hosteller
He looked after travellers
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Friar
Go around and and help other monasteries