Life And Death In Medieval Times: Norman England Flashcards
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Feudalism
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The system of land ownership where rulers (kings,lords) divided land amount their followers in return for loyalty and taxes
2
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Peasants
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The people who worked on a lord’s land
3
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Oath of chivalry
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Sworn by a knight to be loyal to his lord, protect the poor and weak and be brave in battle
4
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Open field system
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The system where peasants were each given strips of land to farm in large fields
5
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Fallow
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Leave land uncultivated so that the soil could recover its nutrients
6
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Commons
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Used for grazing animals that belong to the peasants
7
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Tithe
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A payment of one-tenth of a peasants income to the church
8
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Charter
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A contract whereby a town was granted freedom to run its own affairs but paid taxes to the king
9
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Guild
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An organisation of skilled people who worked in the same trade
