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Feudal system

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How the society was organised

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Middle Ages/ medieval period

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The time from about ad 500 to 1500

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Demesne

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When the king gave land to his followers to farm and kept about a quater of it to himself

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Vassals

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The Kings followers

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Knight

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We’re the soilders who rode horses into battle

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Serf

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A person who belonged to the Lord and farmed the land

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Freeman

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A man who paid tax and rent to the Lord but could marry or travel as he pleased

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Manor

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The land and every thing on it owned by the Lord

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Tithe

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The peasants had to pay the priest one - tenth of there crops

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Commons

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Was we’re all the peasants animals grazed together

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Open field system

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The fields were divided up into sections the commons was were the animals were kept and the field were divided up into one acer strips each peasants had one strip

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Fallow

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One of the three fields we’re left to rest this meant the soil could fertile for the next year

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Crop rotation

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The fields would grow different things every year

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Pottage

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Vegetable soup with oatmeal

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Bailiff

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Kept law and order in the manor

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Sanctuary

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When the man being hunted ran into the church this meant the bailiff could not catch him

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Motte and Bailey

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The motte was were not hey would go when underattac and the Bailey was the lower part were they lived most of the time

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Moat

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Was the trench dug around the castle

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Keep

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The keep was the main building in the castle and were the Lord and his lady lived

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Battlements

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The battlement was at the top of the keep were soilders kept watch

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Curtain wall

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The outer wall of the castle

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Turrets

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Turrets were the strong towers along the castle wall

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Drawbridge

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Was raised at night or if enemy atacked

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Portcullis

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Was iron grill that was lowered in front of the castle

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Ramparts
They ran along the walls and were wide enough for soilders to walk on
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Latrines
They were the toilets in the castle usually in the corner of the towers
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Trenchers
Big slices of bread that food was served on
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Hawking
Hunting with trained birds of pray
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Jousting
Fighting with blunt swords
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Dowry
The money or land that the wife's family gave her husband
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Page
When a training knight was seven
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Squire
When a training knight was fourteen years old
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Dubbing
The ceremony when becoming a knight
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Chivalry
The code that the knight had to swear to
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Toll
The tax when a outside trader coming into the town had to pay it
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Curfew
The time when all the fires had to be put out in the town
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Leprosy
A deasse that caused swelling
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Black Death
A plague in Europe that happend from 1347 to 1350
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Charter
Legal document bought by the town to control there afairs
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Guild
The guild was a kind of club that every crafts pesos had to belong to
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Guild
Every craftsman was a member the guild looked after the sick men and payed for there funeral and set exams
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Trenchers
Food was served on large slices of bread
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Wimple
The headress was called a wimple
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Hawking
Hunting with hawks as a pastime
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Jousting
A 1 vs 1 situation with knights when they used blunt swords and spears
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Dowry
Parents arranged marrages and like a buisness contract the would give the family dowry (some sort of payment)
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Page
The first step to becoming a knight
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Squire
The second step to becoming a knight
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Dubbing
The ceremony when a squire became a knight
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Chivalry
A promise th be loyal to god the protect people
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Toll
A merchants tax
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Curfew
A certain time in every town when all the fires were put out
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Leprosy
Sorees broke out all over the persons body
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Dlack death
A plague that came form the fleas from the black rat
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Apprentice
At the age of twelve he lived in the house of a master craftsman
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Journeyman
When the apprentice was ninteen he could leave his old master mad travel looking for better wages
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Master craftsman
The journeyman had to make a master piece and pay a large amount of money to the guild
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Romanesque
The church doors were decorated and the roof was held up by big round columns and it was dark and gloomy inside
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Gothic
They were more modern and more decorated and the roof was held up by flying buttresses
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Flying buttresses
Held the roof of a gothic church
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Dormitory
Where the monks slept
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Refectory
Where the monks ate there meals
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Cloister
Where the monks walked and prayed
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Scriptorium
Where they copied manuscript
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Infirmary
We're the sick were nursed
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Chapter house
Where the monks discussed the businesses of the monastery
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Novice
Where the boy saw if the life would suite him and he would have to take the solem vows
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Tonsure
The haircut that monks had
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Matins
Morning prayers
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Vespers
Evening prayers
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Compline
Night prayer
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Abbot
The head of the monks
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Prior
The man who stood in as the abbot when he was away on businesses
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Almoner
Looked after the poor when they visited
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Hosteller
Looked after travellers
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Friar
Travelled working with the poor
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Charter
A charter from the king was a legal document that allowed the village to make their own decisions like democracy
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Apprentice
At 12 you became an apprentice and you worked with a master craftsman for 7 years without any pay
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Journeyman
After the seven years you became a journeyman and you could travel aroind the world looking for work
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Mastercraftsman
To become a master craftsman you had to A) produce a masterpiece B) pay a large sum of mony to the guild
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Romanesque
Is the first type of mideavil church
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Gothic
The the second and more modern type of mideavil church
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Flying buttresses
Arches on the outside of the church to support the roof
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Dormitory
Where the monks slept
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Refectory
Where the monks ate their meals
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Cloister
Where the monks walked and prayed
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Scriptorium
Where the monks copied manuscript
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Infirmary
Where the sick were nursed
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Chapter house
Were they discussed buisness about the monostary
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Novice
When a boy joined the monostary he became a novice
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Tonsure
A bald patch on their head (the haircut the dude in robin hood has)
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Matins
Moning prayers
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Vesper
Evening prayers
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Compline
Night prayers
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Abbot
Head of the monostary voted in by the monks
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Prior
The vice-abbot
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Almoner
Looked after the poor when they viseted
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Friar
Traveled around and helped the poor and the sick
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The ploper
Was the mideavil toilet

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