The Keywords. Flashcards
(27 cards)
Dole
It means hand outs from the government.
Villa
A rich patrician family would live in a big country house.
Oratory
It is the art of public speaking.
Mosaic
Pictures and designs made from tiny pieces of glass or tiles.
Insulae
A plebeian family lived in blocks or flats.
Stola
Women wore long woollen tunics.
Mural
We’re bright tiles or on the walls.
Domus
We’re the patrician family would have lived in their town house was called a domus
Atrium
In the front door was a hall,open to the sky, called a atrium
Cena
Was the main meal that was in the evening and lasted several hours.
Ducking stool
Used to punish women who were trouble.
Peasants
Peasants were slaves
Serf
A serf who belonged to The Lord and farmed his land.
Manor
The land and everything on it owned by The Lord.
A bailiff
They made sure the peasants paid their taxes.
Medieval age
Anything related to the Middle Ages and around 500bc
Stock
They were if a Crimean was bad they would lock them up in the stock and his hands would be in a plank of wood.
Freeman
Who paid taxes and rent to The Lord and could come and go as he please.
Feudal system
This is how land was owned and society was organized in the Middle Ages.
Vassal
The kings followers we’re. Called vassals
The squire
Was a fourteen boy who would go to war and ride horse back and go with the Lord if he went to war
Dubbing
Is were a squire becomes a knight at the ceremony that’s what it is.
The knight
When the squire was twenty-one he became a knight
Chivalry
Is a code honour
