Middle Ages Flashcards
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Battle Hastings
A
The last time England was conquered
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Manor courts?
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Where cases involving minor crimes were heard
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Fief?
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Land in the feudal system
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Feudal system?
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Special rights granted to nobles in this system
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Freeholder
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Someone that owns the land there working on
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Crusade
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Attempt to retake holy land
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Tithe
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A tax charged by the church
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Fealty
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Loyalty to a feudal lord
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Royal courts
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Where major criminal trials would be held
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Excommunication
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To be banned from church services
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Serf
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Basic unit community of the feudal system
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Magna Carta
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Document which limits the power of the king
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Trial by ordeal
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Giving poison to the accused in belief that God will protect the innocent
