The Middle Ages

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Feudal system

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How society was organised

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Middle Ages

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The time from AD 500 - 1500

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Demesne

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When the king gave his followers land

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Vassels

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The kings followers

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Knight

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Soldiers who rode into battle on horse back

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Serf

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Where peasants who could not leave or marry without the kings permission

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Freeman

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Was a peasant who could leave and marry without promision

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Manor

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Twenty or thirty houses in a village

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Tithe

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Peasants gave 1 tenth of their crops to the priest

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Commons

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Where all the peasants animals grazed

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Open-field system

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A method peasants used to farm

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Fallow

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When a crop had nothing growing

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Crop rotation

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Going between crops

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Pottage

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Vegetable soup with oatmeal

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Bailiff

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Was to make sure peasants paid rent and serfs didn’t run away

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Motte and bailey

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The motte was the hill and his soldiers lived in the Bailey

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Moat

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A ditch surrounding the motte and Bailey filled with water

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Keep

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Where the Lord and his family lived

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Battlements

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Where soldiers looked out for enemies

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Curtain walls

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The 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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A raised bridge

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Portcullis

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An iron grille that could be lowered

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Ramparts

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Ran along the top of the walls for soldiers to walk on

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Latrines

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Outside toilets

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Sanctuary

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Where people running from their crime could go into a church and not get arrested

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Guild

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What craftsman joined

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Trenches

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Big slices of bread food was served on

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Wimple

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A headress woman wore

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Hawking

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A favourite pastime

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Jousting

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When two Knights fought against each other

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Dowry

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Money or goods that a women's family gave to their husbands

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Page

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The first stage of becoming a knight

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Squire

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The second stage of becoming a knight

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Dubbing

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The ceremony where squires became Knights

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Chivalry

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A code of honour Knights agreed to

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Toll

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People who wanted to sell goods had to pay a toll

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Curfew

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When you have to put out you fires

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Leprosy

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A skin disease

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Black Death

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A plague that raged through Europe

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Charter

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A document the king granted to let people run their own town

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Apprentice

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First stage of becoming a craftsman. A young boy worked with no pay

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Journey man

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Second stage of becoming a craftsman and travelled for better pay

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Master craftsman

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A craftsman who belonged to a guild

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Romanesque

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Stone churches that monks built

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Gothic

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A new style of churches

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Flying buttresses

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Arches that supported the roof of a church

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Dormitory

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Where monks slept

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Refectory

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Where the monks are meals

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Cloister

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Where the monks walked and prayed

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Scriptorium

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Where they copied manuscripts

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Infirmary

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Where the sick were nursed

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Chapter house

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Where monks discussed business

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Novice

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When a boy joined a monerstry he was called a novice

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Tonsure

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A bald patch monks had

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Martins

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Morning prays

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Vespers

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Evening prays

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Campline

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Night prays

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Abbott

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The head of the monastery

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Prior

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Who covered for the abbot when he was away

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Almoner

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Looked after the poor

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Hosteller

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Looked after travellers

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Friar

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Monks that travelled around