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chapter 5 vocab Flashcards

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doublet

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vest

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immovable

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unable to move.

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riddle

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belt

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heresy

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a teaching that is contrary to that of the church

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cathedral

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the home church of a bishop

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jousting

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two knights on horseback, each trying to knock the other off with his lance.

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social status

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level in society

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courtesy

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good maners

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spur

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a device worn on the heel, used for urging a horse on.

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to keep vigil

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staying awake and praying

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to dub

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to make a person a knight by touching the shoulder with a sword.

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hierarchy

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the order of ranks in a system

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obsolete

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useless because it is out of date

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siege

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the act of surrounding a fortified place in order to capture it

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dauphin

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eldest son of the french king

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hither

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here

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commerce

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the buying, selling, and trading of goods and services.

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tanner

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a person who makes hide into leather

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guild

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a union of persons practicing the same craft

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apprentice

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one who learns a trade by working for a master

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master

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a certified expert

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journey man

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one admitted to a guild but not yet a master

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seamstress

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a woman who makes a living by sewing

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chamber pot

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a pot used instead of a toilet before plumbing was invented

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prohibition

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a ban

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incentive

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something that urges a person on.

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mandatory

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required

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pageant

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an elaborate entertainment displaying scenes from history

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bear baiting

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a public spectacle in which dogs torment a chained bear

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charter

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a writen order authorized the right to operate as a town

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libel

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a false or damaging statement

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oratory

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a small chapel

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redress

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set right

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parish

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church-sponcered

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tutor

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a private teacher

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inventor

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a detailed list of iteams

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martyred

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killed for the sake of religion

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relic

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a sacred object associated with a saint.

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architect

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one who designs buildings.

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flying buttress

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an archway built against a wall to help support it

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gothic

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a type of architecture featuring steep roofs pointed arches

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bubonic plague

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a highly contagious; swollen lymph glands were a typical synptom

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lymph glands

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rounded masses of tissue located under the arms and in the groin

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hallucinating

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seeing things that do not exist

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aerial photograph

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a picture of the ground, taken from a great height

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scapegoat

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a person wrongfully blamed, sometimes leading to persecution

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poll tax

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a standard tax collected from every person.

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