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Feudal system

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How land was owened in society

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Medieval period

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The time after they defeated the Roman Empire

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Demesne

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The land that the king owened but let is followers farm it

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Vassels

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Lord but with different titles such as earl and count

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Knight

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People that fought for there king or follower on horses

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Serf

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Was someone that the king owened.
He could not get married with out the king permission
He farmed for the king .gave him food

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Freeman

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He followed the king but had the right to marry who he wanted

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Manor

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Was the land owened by The Lord

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Tithe

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Thr peasants had to pay tax to the priest

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Commons

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A field used to farm the animals

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Open field system

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Every serf got a acre of land to farm each year the changed there land

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Fallow

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Nothing growing let the soil rest

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Crop rotation

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Every year the leave to rest let the soil get better

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Pottage

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Vegetable soup with porridge

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Bailiff

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He looked after the lords land and kept law and order

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Sanctuary

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When a criminal ran into the church the cop could not arrest him
In the church

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Motte and bailey

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Made from wood and very easy to build

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Moat

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Is the sea beside motte and bailey

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Keep

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We’re The Lord and lady lived

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Battlements

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We’re the soldiers looked out on top of the keep

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Curtain walls

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Outer walls of the castle

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Turrets

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Strong towers along the walls

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Drawbridge

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Raised at night or when enemy’s approached

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Portcullis

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Was an iron grille at the front if the castle

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Ramparts

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Ran along the top of the castle

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Latrines

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We’re the toilets I. The castle

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Trenches

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Big pieces of bread used like a plate

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Wimple

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Headdress is a wimple

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Hawking

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Hawks caught pray and held competition for this

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Jousting

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Knights fight each other with blunt swords

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Dowry

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The women family would pay the husband with land or money

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Page

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When the lords son was 7 they sent him to a different lord that lord thought him sword fighting and manners

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Squires

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When the lords son was fourteen he leared how to fight on a horse back.he went to war with The Lord

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Dubbing

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Was the ceremony when someone was going to become a knight

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Chivalry

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A code that The Lord said you should be brave and love god

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Toll

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What traders had to pay to get in the gates

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Curfew

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When all fires had to be put out

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Leprosy

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A skin disease that happened when the Black Death came around

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Black Death

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A horrible disease that wiped out a third of the population of Europe

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Charter

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A legal document that let towns run their own fairs but the king had to except

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Guild

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All craftspeople had to belong to a guild lords could vote for cooperation

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Apprentice

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At 12 he went to live with a master craftsman and did not get paid for 7 years

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Journeyman

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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

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Master Crafts man

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After a journeyman he became master craftsman he could open his own shop and sell his own stuff

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Romanesque

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The had round arches And decorations over the doors

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Gothic

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The newer church out of the both of them the had pointed windows and spires

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Flying buttresses

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The arches on the outside supported their weight, these were called flying buttresses

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Dormitory

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We’re the all slept in the monastery

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Refectory

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We’re the ate there meals

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Cloister

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We’re the monks walked and prayer

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Scriptorium

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We’re the copied manuscripts

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Infirmany

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Where the sick were nursed

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Chapter house

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We’re the discussed business and picked a new abbot

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Novice

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The fist step in becoming a monk

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Tonsure

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The bald patch on a monks head

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Matins

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It’s morning prayers

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Vespers

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Evening prayer

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Compline

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Night prayer

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Abbot

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Head of the monastery how was elected by other monks

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Prior

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When he was away on business he took over

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Almonour

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Looked after the poor who visited

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Hosteller

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He looked after travellers

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Friar

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Go around and and help other monasteries

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