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Housecarls

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Professional well-trained soldiers.

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Minting

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Process of making coins.

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Burghs

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Anglo-saxon fortifications.

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Fyrd

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Peasant army.

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Thegn

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An Anglo-saxon who owned land but was not noble.

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Exile

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Being sent to another country which is not your own particularly for political reasons.

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Witan

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Council of senior nobles and churchmen who advise the king.

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Sub-regulus

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Deputy king.

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Earl

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A member of the nobility.

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Earldom

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An area of land owned by an earl.

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Godwin

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Influential family of earls during the reign of Edward the Confessor.

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Allegiance

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An agreement to be on someone else’s side, often in war.

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Novissima Verba

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To be promised the throne upon a death bed.

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Post Obitum

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A designation or bequest of a throne.

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Aethling

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Of noble birth.

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Relic

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A holy object such as the bones or belongings of a saint.

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Oath

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Sacred promise => cannot/ not supposed to be broken.

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Papal Banner

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Formal support given by the Pope to a King.

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Holy War

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A war fought either on behalf of God or with the support of God.

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Cavalry

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Soldiers on horseback.

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Shield Wall

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Anglo-Saxon defence strategy; soldier interlinked circular shields with the aim of creating an impenetrable wall.

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Infantry

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Foot soldiers.

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Lance

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Long wooden weapon with a pointed metal head.

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Mercenary

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A soldier who can be hired to fight for money.

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Archer

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Soldier with a bow and arrow.

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Mobilise

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To prepare an army for war.

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Coronation

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Ceremony of crowning a monarch.

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Circa

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Relating to dates, meaning ‘around’ or ‘approximately’.

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Inherit

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To be given/gifted something from someone after they died.

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Gonfannon

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A type of heraldic flag or banner.

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Feigned retreat

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Pretending to run away.

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Demoralised

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Lost confidence or hope.

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Desertion

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Leaving an army without permission.

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Apologists

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Someone who puts forward a view designed to make a person or group appear more acceptable.

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Propoganda

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Deliberately chosen information presented in order to influence people to think something specific.

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Fealty

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A promise to be loyal to someone of higher social status in the feudal system.

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Motte

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Mound - either manmade or natural; used for Norman castle building.

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Bailey

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Encircled area of land around/at base of motte.

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Keep

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Secure/safe building to house Norman earls on top of the motte.

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Marchlands

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Area of land on the border between countries/ territories.

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Fortifications/Forts

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Defences in case of an attack.

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Crenellations

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Battlements.

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Rampart

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Defensive wall of a castle.

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Regent

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Someone who rules a country in the absence of the monarch.

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Harrying

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The devastation of the North of England in 1070.

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Danelaw

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An area of land extending from the North East of England to East Anglia where most of the population were of Danish descent.

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Salting

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Throwing salt over farmland to make it infertile.

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Guerilla

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A type of warfare where soldiers fight in small groups and hide in order catch out the enemy, who is usually larger/more powerful than them.

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Fenlands

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Low area of marshy land.

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Outlaw

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A person who is not under the protection of the law; if they were caught they would be punished for previous crimes, often by death.

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Disinherit

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To cut someone out of someone’s will.

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Aristocracy

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The highest-ranking people (except the monarch) in most societies.

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Feudal System

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The medieval social system in which the vassal gives fealty and military service to the monarch in return for land and titles.

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Patronage

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Land, titles or power given to ensure an individual’s support.

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Villein

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A peasant.

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Baron

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A person at the lower end of the nobility who held land from the king.

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Social Hierarchy

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A system with layers of classes.

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Fief

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Land held in the feudal system.

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Tenants-in-chief

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Someone who held land from the king.

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Subinfeudation

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The splitting of land with a social inferior, by a lord who expected homage in return.

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Scutage

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Tax paid to the monarch instead of service.

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Fiscal Feudalism

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System under which land could be exchanged for military service or money.

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Garrison

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A strong building or fortress designed to defend the occupants.

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Geld

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Tax levied to pay for something specific, e.g, a war.

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Hides

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An area of land.

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Ploughs

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A machine used in farming to turn soil, moved by either a man or an ox.

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Hundred

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A subdivision of an Anglo-Saxon shire, which were 100 hides in size (a hide is c120 acres).

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Homage

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Special honour or respect shown publicly.

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Sheriff

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The king’s chief legal official in the area.

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Honorial Court

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Often in castles; where tenants could appeal against their landlord.

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Jury

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Members of the public who hear legal cases.

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Primogeniture

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Process by which the eldest son inherited all the land or titles from his father; younger sons/daughters would be left with nothing.

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Ecclesiastical

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Issues concerning the church and religion.

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Murdrum Fine

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The heavy fine payable to the king by an entire area where the criminal lived if a Normal earl was murdered.

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Reeve

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A senior official such as chief magistrate.

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Demesne

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All the land owned by a particular lord.

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Serfs

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A person who had to give services to the lord and transferred along with the land.

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Bailiff

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Someone who collected tax for the landlord.

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Pottage

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Soup made from beans and peas and flavoured with herbs.

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Wattle and Daub

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What the walls of peasants houses were made of.

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Fallow

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Fields left empty for a year or two to give the soil time to recover so that it would produce better crops when they are planted again.

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Holidays

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Time off work.

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Shin-Kicking

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A form of entertainment, where two people kick each others shins.

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Trencher

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A meal where bread was used as a bowl to hold soup.

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Villein

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A peasant.

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Tithe

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A tax paid to the church, usually 10% of income.

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Oxen

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A type of cow used for ploughing.

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Common Land

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An area of land that was common/open to everyone and everyone could use it to graze their animals.

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Scythe/Sickle

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A tool used in agriculture with a long curved blade.

GCSE History - Normans (26 decks)

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