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Feudal system

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How society worked

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Middle Ages

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The time from about 500 AD to 1500 AD

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Demesne

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The piece of land the King/Lord kept for himself

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Vassals

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The kings followers

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Knight

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Soldiers who rode into battle on horseback

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Serf

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A peasant who belonged to the king

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Freeman

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A peasant who was aloud to leave the manor when he wanted to

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Manor

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A small farm or village owned by a lord or knight

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Tithe

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Taxes paid to the church

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Commons

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Where all the peasants animals grazed together

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Open-field system

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The fields where all the peasants farmed together

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Fallow

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When a field was left with nothing growing on it

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Crop rotation

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A method of growing crops. They would change each crop that was grown every year.

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Pottage

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Vegetable soup with oatmeal eaten by peasants

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Bailiff

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A person who the Lord appointed to over see law and order

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Sanctuary

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If someone was being chased by the bailiff and ran into a church or monastery the bailiff could not arrest them.

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Motte and bailey

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Motte- a man made small hill

Bailey-an enclosure below the motte were The Lord and his soldiers lived

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Moat

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A ditch around the castle usually filled with water

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Keep

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A large square tower in a stone castle. Lived in by The Lord and his family

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Battlements

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It was at the top of the keep. Soldiers kept watch on the battlements all day

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Curtain walls

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The outer walls of the castle

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Turrets

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Strong towers along the walls of the walls 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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Iron grill that could be lowered in front of the castle gate

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Ramparts

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Ran along the top of the walls. They were wide enough for soldiers to walk along.

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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 food was served on

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Wimple

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A headdress worn by women

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Hawking

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A pastime, where hawks would hunt other animals and return them

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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 a wife’s family would give the husbands family before they got married

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Page

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The first step in becoming a knight. This happened at the age of seven

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Squire

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The second step in becoming a knight. At the age of 14

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Dubbing

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The ceremony at which a squire became a knight

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Chivalry

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A code of honor a knight had to swear to

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Toll

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A tax traders had to pay at the towns gates

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Curfew

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The time when all fires had to be out in a 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 contagious disease caught by fleas on a black rat

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Charter

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A legal document from the king that allowed people to run their towns

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Guild

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An organization

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Apprentice

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The first stage of becoming a crafts person, at the age of 7 and didn’t get paid

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Journeyman

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The second stage in becoming a crafts person. They could travel and look for better jobs

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Master craftsman

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The final stage in becoming a crafts person. They had to make a masterpiece and give a sum of money to the guild

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Romanesque

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Big dark gloomy stone churches

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Gothic

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Stone churches with satin glass windows, spires and pointed arches

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Fling buttress

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Arches outside a gothic church, that supported the roof

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Dormitory

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We’re the monks slept in the monastery

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