Medieval Period Flashcards
Feudal system
How land was owened in society
Medieval period
The time after they defeated the Roman Empire
Demesne
The land that the king owened but let is followers farm it
Vassels
Lord but with different titles such as earl and count
Knight
People that fought for there king or follower on horses
Serf
Was someone that the king owened.
He could not get married with out the king permission
He farmed for the king .gave him food
Freeman
He followed the king but had the right to marry who he wanted
Manor
Was the land owened by The Lord
Tithe
Thr peasants had to pay tax to the priest
Commons
A field used to farm the animals
Open field system
Every serf got a acre of land to farm each year the changed there land
Fallow
Nothing growing let the soil rest
Crop rotation
Every year the leave to rest let the soil get better
Pottage
Vegetable soup with porridge
Bailiff
He looked after the lords land and kept law and order
Sanctuary
When a criminal ran into the church the cop could not arrest him
In the church
Motte and bailey
Made from wood and very easy to build
Moat
Is the sea beside motte and bailey
Keep
We’re The Lord and lady lived
Battlements
We’re the soldiers looked out on top of the keep
Curtain walls
Outer walls of the castle
Turrets
Strong towers along the walls
Drawbridge
Raised at night or when enemy’s approached
Portcullis
Was an iron grille at the front if the castle
Ramparts
Ran along the top of the castle
Latrines
We’re the toilets I. The castle
Trenches
Big pieces of bread used like a plate
Wimple
Headdress is a wimple
Hawking
Hawks caught pray and held competition for this
Jousting
Knights fight each other with blunt swords
Dowry
The women family would pay the husband with land or money
Page
When the lords son was 7 they sent him to a different lord that lord thought him sword fighting and manners
Squires
When the lords son was fourteen he leared how to fight on a horse back.he went to war with The Lord
Dubbing
Was the ceremony when someone was going to become a knight
Chivalry
A code that The Lord said you should be brave and love god
Toll
What traders had to pay to get in the gates
Curfew
When all fires had to be put out
Leprosy
A skin disease that happened when the Black Death came around
Black Death
A horrible disease that wiped out a third of the population of Europe
Charter
A legal document that let towns run their own fairs but the king had to except
Guild
All craftspeople had to belong to a guild lords could vote for cooperation
Apprentice
At 12 he went to live with a master craftsman and did not get paid for 7 years
Journeyman
He had to produce a master piece and then if it was good enough he became a journeyman he could leave his master for a better wage
Master Crafts man
After a journeyman he became master craftsman he could open his own shop and sell his own stuff
Romanesque
The had round arches And decorations over the doors
Gothic
The newer church out of the both of them the had pointed windows and spires
Flying buttresses
The arches on the outside supported their weight, these were called flying buttresses
Dormitory
We’re the all slept in the monastery
Refectory
We’re the ate there meals
Cloister
We’re the monks walked and prayer
Scriptorium
We’re the copied manuscripts
Infirmany
Where the sick were nursed
Chapter house
We’re the discussed business and picked a new abbot
Novice
The fist step in becoming a monk
Tonsure
The bald patch on a monks head
Matins
It’s morning prayers
Vespers
Evening prayer
Compline
Night prayer
Abbot
Head of the monastery how was elected by other monks
Prior
When he was away on business he took over
Almonour
Looked after the poor who visited
Hosteller
He looked after travellers
Friar
Go around and and help other monasteries
