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Feudal system

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How land was owned and organised in the Middle Ages

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Middle Ages / medieval period

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From about 500 AD- 1500AD

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Demesne

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The kings land

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Vassals

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The kings followers were called vassals

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Knight

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Knight were soldiers who rode into battles on horseback

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Serf

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A person who belonged to the.lord and farmed his land

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Freeman

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A man who paid rent ant TAX to The Lord but could travel as he pleased

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Manor

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The land and everything on it owned by The Lord

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Tithe

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Taxes paid to the church

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Commons

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All the peasants animals grazed in the commons

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Open field system

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All their fields were divided into two parts. 1) would be for farming and growing crops and 2) would be for their animals

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Fallow

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This meant one year it would have crops growing on it and the year would be left to fallow which meant it would be left to rest and would be fertile again for the next year

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Crop rotation

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A method of growing crops used by medieval people

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Pottage

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A food eaten by medieval people. It was made of vegetables soup with porridge

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Bailiff

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The men that The Lord put in charge of law and order

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Sanctuary

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If a person was being chases by the bailiff, when they ran into a church they could not be arrested. This was called sanctuary

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Motte

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A man made small hill

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Bailey

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An enclosure below the motte were The Lord and his soldiers lived

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Keep

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A large square tower in a stone castle. The king and his family lived there

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Battlements

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The walkway on the top of the keep

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Curtain walls

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The outer wall of the castle

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Turrets

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Strong walls on the outside of the castle

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Drawbridge

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A bridge that went into the castle that could go up and down

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Portcullis

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An iron grille that could be lowered in front of the castle gate

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Moat

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A ditch around the castle

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Ramparts

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Ran along the top of the castle walls. The were small gaps wide enough for soldiers to shoot through them

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Latrines

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The toilets of the castle

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Trenches

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Big slices of bread served on wooden plates

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Wimple

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Long headdresses that women wore

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Hawking

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Hunting with trained birds of pray

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Jousting

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A mock battle between knights on horses

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Dowry

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Money or goods that a women’s family gave to her bun and when they got married

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Page

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The first stage of becoming a knight. They learned how to ride a horse and use a sword

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Squire

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The second stage of becoming a knight. They learned how to fight on horseback

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Dubbing

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The ceremony at which boys became knight

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Chivalry

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A code of honour that night had to keep

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Toll

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A tax that traders had to pay at the towns gate

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Curfew

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The time when all fires had to be put out in the town

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Leprosy

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A skin disease

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The Black Death

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A disease. Caused by fleas on the black rat

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Charter

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A legal document granted by the king that allowed people to run their own town

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Guild

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An organisation that every crafts person had to belong to. Each guild controlled its own craft

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Apprentice

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The first stage of becoming a craftsman, when a boy turned seven. He did not get payed for his work

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Journeyman

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The second stage of becoming a craftsman, now he was payed for his work

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Master craftsman

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The final stage of beck in a craftsman. Before he could become a craft am she had to produce a masterpiece

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Romanesque

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A big dark gloomy stone church

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Gothic

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Stone churches with spires an arches

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Flying buttresses

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The arches outside the church that supported the roof

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Dormitory

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Where the monks slept

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Refectory

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Where the monks ate their meals

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Cloister

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Where the monks walked and prayed

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Scriptorium

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Where they copied manuscripts

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Infirmary

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Where the sick where nursed

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Chapter house

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Where the monks met to discuss business

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Novice

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When a boy joined a monastery he was called a novice

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Tonsure

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A certain haircut worn by monks

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Matins

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Morning prayers

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Vespers

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Day prayers

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Compline

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Night prayers

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