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Normandy

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An area, now part of France, that was home to the Normans, who were descended from Vikings

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Tapestry

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A thick, embroidered cloth picture used as a wall hanging

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Vassal

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One who swears loyalty to a lord

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Lord

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A feudal superior

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Feudal Contract

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The Bargain between a lord and his vassal

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Anglo-Saxon

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The earliest English, a Germanic people

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Housecarl

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Soldier

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Technology

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Things humans make to use as tools

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Cavalry

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Soldiers on Horseback

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Lance

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A long spear

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Impenetrable

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Impossible to pass

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Propaganda

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An effort to spread opinions of beliefs, sometimes by distorting the truth

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Audience

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A hearing, an interview

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Monumental

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Very important

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Allegiance

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Loyalty

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Homage

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Formal acknowledgment

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Contract

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A formal agreement

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Lord of the manor

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The tenant of a noble, who has the inherited right to run a manor and profit from it

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Freeholder

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A person who owns his or her land

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To exploit

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To make selfish use of

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Self-sufficient

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Independent

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Thatching

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Using special grass to make roofs for buildings

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Fletching

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Fitting feathers on arrows

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Demesne

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Lands set aside for the lord of a manor

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Bailiff

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The person who collected rents and supervised serfs and freeholders on a manor

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Fallow

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Ploughed and left unseeded

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Sustainable

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Can keep going, year after year, without deteriorating

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Wattle and daub

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Woven sticks covered with clay or mud

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Vermin

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Lice, fleas, and bedbugs

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Louse

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A small, wingless insect that lives and feeds on mammals, including human beings

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Pullet

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Young chicken

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Green cheese

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Unripe cheese

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Curds

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Cottage cheese

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Collop

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Slice of meat

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Dung

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Drought

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A long period without rain

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Lammas

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August 1, a feast to celebrate the first wheat harvest

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Falcon

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Bird of prey

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Trabadour

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A medieval singer who wrote and sang poems about chivalry and love

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Obligation

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Ward

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An orphan who is put in another person’s care until he or she becomes an adault

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Sceptical of

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Doubting the truth of

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Relic

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An Item associated with a saint; thought to have great powers

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To excommunicate

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To cancel a person’s membership in the Church

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Tithe

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Money or produce given to the Church worth approximately one-tenth of one’s income

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Ecclesiastical

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Having to do with the church

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Chastity

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Virtue; modesty; doing without sex

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To prosecute

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To present evidence to prove a person’s guilt

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To sue

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To seek compensation for a personal wrong

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Judge

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One who hears and decides cases in court

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To try

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To determine guilt or innocence

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Orderal

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Dreadful experience

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Assault

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An attempt to physically harm another person

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Treason

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Betraying one’s country or ruler

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Lenient

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Mild, merciful

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Meddlesome

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interfering

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Canonize

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To declare that a person is a saint

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Shrine

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A place of worship

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Tall tale

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An exaggerated, unlikely story

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Imminent

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Alienated

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Turned away

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Incumbent

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Resting on as a duty

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Interdict

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An official act of the Catholic Church that keeps a person or group of people from participating in religious ceremonies

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