Medieval Times

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Medieval times

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Time period from roughly 500-1500. Also known as “Middle Ages”

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Middle Ages

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Time period from roughly 500-1500. Also known as “medieval times”

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Feudalism

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Social hierarchy of medieval times

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Knight

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Soldier on horseback

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Serf

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A person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord

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Fief

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Land granted by a king/lord in exchange for loyalty and service

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Apprentice

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A person who works for another in order to learn a trade

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Dowry

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Property or money brought by a bride to her husband on their marriage

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Page

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A boy servant or attendant, the first step in becoming a knight

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Squire

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Second stage in training to become a knight. Acted as a servant to the knight

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Chivalry

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Code of conduct for knights during the Middle Ages

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Manor

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A large estate owned by a knight or lord

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Tithe

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A tax paid to the Church

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Guild

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A medieval organisation of crafts workers or trades people

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Pillory

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A device for publicly punishing offenders

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Black Death

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A deadly plague that swept through Europe caused by fleas living on rats

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Chronology

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Order of events as they occurred; timeline

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Source

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A place, person, or thing from which information comes from

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Evidence

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Supporting materials used to prove or disprove something

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Reliable

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Trustworthy

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Fallow

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Plowed but not seeded

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Baron

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Nobleman

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Demesne

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Lands set aside for the lord of a manor

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William the Conqueror

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Duke of Normandy who invaded England in 1066 and claimed the English crown

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Motte and bailey

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Type of castle consisting of a raised earth mound and the enclosed courtyard as its base

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Keep

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Central building of the castle

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Curtain wall

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A castle wall enclosing a courtyard

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Dubbing

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Special ceremony to make a squire a knight

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Wattle and daub

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Woven sticks covered with clay or mud

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Toll

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Tax

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Trial by combat

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Determining guilt or innocence by having the parties fight a duel

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Abbot

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Head of a monastery

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Abbess

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Head of a convent

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Obedience

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Acting in accord with a direct order or command

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Chastity

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Purity

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Bloodletting

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The practice of draining blood; believed to release illness

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Four humours

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Blood, black bile, yellow bile and phlegm

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Barber surgeon

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Trained through an apprenticeship to treat wounds and injuries

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Anti-Semitism

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Hatred of Jews