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Feudal system

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How the society was organised

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Middle Ages/ medieval period

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The time from about ad 500 to 1500

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Demesne

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When the king gave land to his followers to farm and kept about a quater of it to himself

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Vassals

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The Kings followers

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Knight

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We’re the soilders who rode horses into battle

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Serf

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A person who belonged to the Lord and farmed the land

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Freeman

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A man who paid tax and rent to the Lord but could marry or travel as he pleased

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Manor

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The land and every thing on it owned by the Lord

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Tithe

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The peasants had to pay the priest one - tenth of there crops

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Commons

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Was we’re all the peasants animals grazed together

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Open field system

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The fields were divided up into sections the commons was were the animals were kept and the field were divided up into one acer strips each peasants had one strip

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Fallow

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One of the three fields we’re left to rest this meant the soil could fertile for the next year

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Crop rotation

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The fields would grow different things every year

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Pottage

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Vegetable soup with oatmeal

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Bailiff

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Kept law and order in the manor

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Sanctuary

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When the man being hunted ran into the church this meant the bailiff could not catch him

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Motte and Bailey

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The motte was were not hey would go when underattac and the Bailey was the lower part were they lived most of the time

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Moat

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Was the trench dug around the castle

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Keep

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The keep was the main building in the castle and were the Lord and his lady lived

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Battlements

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The battlement was at the top of the keep were soilders kept watch

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Curtain wall

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The outer wall of the castle

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Turrets

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Turrets were the strong towers along the castle wall

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Drawbridge

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Was raised at night or if enemy atacked

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Portcullis

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Was iron grill that was lowered in front of the castle

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Ramparts

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They ran along the walls and were wide enough for soilders to walk on

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Latrines

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They were the toilets in the castle usually in the corner of the towers

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Trenchers

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Big slices of bread that food was served on

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Hawking

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Hunting with trained birds of pray

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Jousting

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Fighting with blunt swords

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Dowry

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The money or land that the wife’s family gave her husband

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Page

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When a training knight was seven

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Squire

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When a training knight was fourteen years old

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Dubbing

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The ceremony when becoming a knight

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Chivalry

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The code that the knight had to swear to

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Toll

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The tax when a outside trader coming into the town had to pay it

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Curfew

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

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Leprosy

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A deasse that caused swelling

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Black Death

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A plague in Europe that happend from 1347 to 1350

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Charter

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Legal document bought by the town to control there afairs

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Guild

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The guild was a kind of club that every crafts pesos had to belong to

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Guild

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Every craftsman was a member the guild looked after the sick men and payed for there funeral and set exams

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Trenchers

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Food was served on large slices of bread

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Wimple

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The headress was called a wimple

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Hawking

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Hunting with hawks as a pastime

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Jousting

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A 1 vs 1 situation with knights when they used blunt swords and spears

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Dowry

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Parents arranged marrages and like a buisness contract the would give the family dowry (some sort of payment)

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Page

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The first step to becoming a knight

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Squire

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The second step to becoming a knight

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Dubbing

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The ceremony when a squire became a knight

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Chivalry

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A promise th be loyal to god the protect people

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Toll

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A merchants tax

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Curfew

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A certain time in every town when all the fires were put out

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Leprosy

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Sorees broke out all over the persons body

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Dlack death

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A plague that came form the fleas from the black rat

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Apprentice

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At the age of twelve he lived in the house of a master craftsman

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Journeyman

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When the apprentice was ninteen he could leave his old master mad travel looking for better wages

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Master craftsman

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The journeyman had to make a master piece and pay a large amount of money to the guild

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Romanesque

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The church doors were decorated and the roof was held up by big round columns and it was dark and gloomy inside

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Gothic

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They were more modern and more decorated and the roof was held up by flying buttresses

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Flying buttresses

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Held the roof of a gothic church

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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 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 manuscript

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Infirmary

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We’re the sick were nursed

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Chapter house

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Where the monks discussed the businesses of the monastery

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Novice

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Where the boy saw if the life would suite him and he would have to take the solem vows

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Tonsure

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The haircut that monks had

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Matins

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Morning prayers

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Vespers

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Evening prayers

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Compline

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Night prayer

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Abbot

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The head of the monks

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Prior

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The man who stood in as the abbot when he was away on businesses

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Almoner

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Looked after the poor when they visited

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Hosteller

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Looked after travellers

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Friar

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Travelled working with the poor

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Charter

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A charter from the king was a legal document that allowed the village to make their own decisions like democracy

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Apprentice

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At 12 you became an apprentice and you worked with a master craftsman for 7 years without any pay

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Journeyman

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After the seven years you became a journeyman and you could travel aroind the world looking for work

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Mastercraftsman

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To become a master craftsman you had to
A) produce a masterpiece
B) pay a large sum of mony to the guild

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Romanesque

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Is the first type of mideavil church

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Gothic

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The the second and more modern type of mideavil church

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Flying buttresses

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Arches on the outside of the church to support 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 the monks copied manuscript

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Infirmary

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Where the sick were nursed

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Chapter house

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Were they discussed buisness about the monostary

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Novice

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When a boy joined the monostary he became a novice

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Tonsure

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A bald patch on their head (the haircut the dude in robin hood has)

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Matins

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Moning prayers

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Vesper

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Evening prayers

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Compline

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Night prayers

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Abbot

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Head of the monostary voted in by the monks

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Prior

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The vice-abbot

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Almoner

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Looked after the poor when they viseted

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Friar

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Traveled around and helped the poor and the sick

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The ploper

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Was the mideavil toilet

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