Key vocab

Question 1

Bastide

Answer 1

Fortified town

Question 2

Canons

Answer 2

Priests who live in community under a rule

Question 3

Charter

Answer 3

A document issued by a sovereign

Question 4

Common Law v Criminal Law

Answer 4

Common law is created by judges through the decisions that they make in court

Criminal law is passed by Parliament

Question 5

Crusade

Answer 5

Mediaeval military expeditions to gain control of the Holy Land

Question 6

Fealty

Answer 6

A promise to be faithful to your overlord

i.e the peasants owed fealty to the lords

Question 7

Gongfleurs

Answer 7

‘Night soil men’ who dumped the sewage in the river

Question 8

Guild

Answer 8

An association of craftsmen or merchants that promoted and protected each other economically

Question 9

Homage

Answer 9

A promise of loyalty to the king

Question 10

Primogeniture

Answer 10

Inheritance passing down to first born

Question 11

Justinian

Answer 11

Nicknamed after the Roman emperor who made a lot of reforms.

Question 12

Purveyance

Answer 12

The right of a king to take goods when necessary to support himself or his army

Question 13

Royal Prerogative

Answer 13

A divine right to rule

Question 14

Usury

Answer 14

Charging interest on loans

Question 15

Vassal

Answer 15

A man who gives military service to someone higher than him in the feudal system
In return he receives land and protection