The Middle Ages

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Feudal system

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How society was organised in the Middle Ages. And how land was owned

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Middle Ages/ Medival period

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Time between the end of the Roman Empire

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Demesne

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The Kings land

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Vassals

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The Kings followers lords earls counts or bishops

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Knights

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The lords loyal soilders

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Serf

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A peasant that was controlled by a Lord

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Freeman

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A pesant who was not controlled by the lords

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Manor

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A manor was a village with about 20-30 houses and peasants farmed there

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Tithe

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When a bishop said mass the peasants would give them some of there crops

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Commons

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Where the animals grazed together

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Open field system

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The method in which peasants farmed

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Fallow

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Each year one of the three fields was left to fallow. This meant the crops were left to rest for a year so the soil would be fertile the next year

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Crop rotation

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Every year the farming method would change this is called crop rotation

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Pottage

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Vegetable soup with oatmeal

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Bailiff

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A man who kept order in the manor and arrested or killed people if they did crime

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Sanctuary

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A bailiff could not arrest a person who was in a church or monastery

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Motte and Bailey

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The very first type of castle.
Made of wood.
Built on a hill.

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Moat

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A ditch sometimes filled with water built around the castle

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Keep

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The main building where the Lord and lady lived

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Battlements

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At the top of the keep where the soilders looked out for enemy

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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

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Drawbridge

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A bridge at the door of the castle raised at night or when an enemy approached

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The portcullis

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Was an iron grille that could be lower din front of the castle gate

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Ramparts

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Ran along the top of the walls. | Wide enough for soilders to walk along

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Latrines

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Latrines were the toilets of the castle

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Trenchers

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Big slices of bread that they ate off

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Wimple

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The women's headdress

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Hawking

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A favourite pastime. Hawks would sit on a persons hand and hunt songbirds

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Jousting

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Where Knights would get blunt swords and try know there appoint off his horse

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Dowrey

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Where the parents arranged a marriage by paining a dowry. It could be money or household gifts

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Page

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The first stage of being a knight. He would be sent to another Lord and serve him

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Squire

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The second stage of being a knight. He would help his Lord in battles

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Dubbing

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The squire would spend the previous night before coming a knight in a ceremony.

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Chivalry

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A code of honour that a knight said, he should be brave and protect women and children

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Toll

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Before entering a town if you wanted to sell goods you had to pay a toll

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Curfew

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There was a time in the evening where you could not light fires because houses were made of wood

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Leporosy

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A disease people got because there was little washing.

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Black Death

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A plague carried for fleas on the black rat

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Charter

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A legal document a king gave a town to run its own affairs

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Guild

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Every craft had a guild. It's was a person to make sure craftspeople were good at there trade

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Apprentice

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The first stage of being a craftsman. He would go to a masters shop and help him

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Journey man

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The second stage of being a craftsman. He would travel around the world selling his products

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Master craftsman

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The 3rd stage of being a craftsman. He would have to produce a masterpiece

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Romanesque

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The first type of churches with round arches it was dark and gloomy inside with thick columns and walls

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Gothic

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A new style of architecture with pointed arches and stone statues over the doorways

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Flying butresses

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Arches on the outside of the walls supporting the roof

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Dormitory

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Instead of cells monks slept altogether in a dormitory

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Reflectory

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Where monks ate there 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 they looked after the ill

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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 a monastery he was called a novice. He had to learn the rules and see if the life suited him

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Tonsure

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A haircut they got with a bald patch in the middle to show everyone they were monks

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Matins

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Morning prayers in the church

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Vespers

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Sunset evening prayer

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Compline

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The final mass of the day

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Abbot

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The head of the monastery he was voted by other monks

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Prior

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The vice abbot. He would fill in for him when he was travelling

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Almoner

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Looked after poor when they visited

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Hosteller

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Looked after travellers

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Friars

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Monks who travelled across the world to help people who needed them.