The Middle Ages

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The feudal system

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Is how society worked in the Middle Ages

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Middle Ages

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Is the time between AD 500 to about 1500

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Demesne

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Was the land kept by the king

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Vassals

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Were the kings followers

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Knight

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Were soldiers who rode into battle on horseback

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Serf

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Was a type of peasant

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Freeman

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Was another type of peasant but could get married and didn’t have to do labour

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Manor

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The land and everything on it was owned by The Lord

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Tithe

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Was when peasants payed the priest one tenth of their crops

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Commons

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Was were all the animals were kept

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Open field system

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Was a method the peasants used to farm

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Fallow

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Was a crop that was grown in the south field

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Crop rotation

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Was when they switch what crops grew every year to avoid diseases

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Pottage

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Was vegetable soup with oatmeal, peasant normally ate it at luch

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Bailiff

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Made sure peasants paid rents and taxes

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Sanctuary

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Was when a bailiff could not arrest someone because they would hide in a church

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Motte and bailey

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Was two hills. One bigger than the other. The Lord lived on the big one. Peasants lived on the smaller one

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Moat

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Was a ditch going around the motte and bailey. It was filled with water so enemies could not get in

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Keep

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Was the main castle where The Lord lived

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Battlements

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Were at the top of the keep. Soldiers kept guard all day from here

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Curtain walls

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Were the outer walls of the castle

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Turrets

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Were the strong towers along the wall

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Drawbridge

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Was the bridge at the front of the castle

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Portcullis

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Was an 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 wall. They were wide enough for soldiers to walk along.

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Latrines

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Were the toilets of the castle. They were normally at the corner of one of the towers in a keep.

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Trenchers

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A big piece of bread used to hold food

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Wimple

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A headress

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Hawking

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A medieval past time

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Jousting

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A medieval past time

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Dowry

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Money or goods that a women's family gave to her husband when they got married

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Page

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The first stage of becoming a knight

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Squire

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The second stage becoming a knight

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Dubbing

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The ceremony when a boy becomes a knight

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Chivalry

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The code of honour a knight had to uphold.

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Toll

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A tax traders had to pay

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Curfew

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The time people must get rid of there fires

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Leprosy

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A disease common in the Middle Ages

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Black Death

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A disease caused by the fleas carried 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 town

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Guild

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Someone who

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Guild

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Someone who

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Apprentice

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The first stage of becoming a craftsman

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Journeyman

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The second stage of becoming a craftman

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Master craftman

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The final step of becoming a craftsman

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Romanesque

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Big stone churches,it has round arches and decorations over the door. It is very gloomy inside

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Gothic

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A later version of a Romanesque, it had arches over the windows and the doors were pointed. There are arches on the outside to support the weight of the roof, flying buttresses

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Flying buttresses

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Are arches used to support the weight of a gothic 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

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Cloister

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A square in the centre of a monastery surrounded by covered walkways where monks prayed and walked

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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 were nursed

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Chapter house

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Where the monks met to discuss buisness

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Novice

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When a boy joined the monastery he was called a novice

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Tonsure

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The haircut a monk had to get.

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Matins

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Morning prayers

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Vesper

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Evening prayers

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Compline

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We're night prayers.

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Abbot

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Was head of the monastery

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Prior

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When the abbot was away the prior took his business

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Almoner

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Looked after the poor

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Hosteller

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Looked after travellers

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Friar

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Friars travelled from place to place, looking after the poor