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Feudal system

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How society was organised

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Middle Ages

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The time from 500 ad to 1500 ad after the Roman Empire.

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Demensne

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The king kept a quarter of his land this was called his Demensne

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Vassels

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They were the kings followers such as a bishop,count and earl

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The knight

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They gave the loyalty to The Lord in return for land

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Serf

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They were the peasants who worked for The lord and could not leave

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Freeman

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They wre the peasants who worked for the lord but the coups leave whenever they wanted

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Thaigh

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The tax people had to give to the church

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Open field

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There were three fields everyone had a acre or strip of land to grow crops

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Bailiff

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He kept law and order and collected taxes.

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Pastimes

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The played games such as noughts and huntsman blind

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Motte and Bailey

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A castle in which the motte was a hill and the Bailey was an enclosed area at the bottom

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Moat

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A dug up circle around the castle sometimes filled with water

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Keep

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The are were the Lord and lady lived

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Battlements

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They were above the keep were soldiers kept lookout

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Curtain wall

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The outer walls of the castle

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Turrets

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They were the strong towers around the wall

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Drawbridge

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It was a wooden door which could be raised at night or if an enemy approached

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Ramparts

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They ran along the top of the wall and were wide enough for soldiers to walk on

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Latrines

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The latrines were the toilets and usually at the corner of the keep

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Portcullis

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The portcullis was an iron grill that could be lowered in front of the drawbridge

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Trenches

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Food served on big slices of bread

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Wimple

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The traditional head dress

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Hawking

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A pastime when a hawk hunted down animals

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Jousting

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A game where two people rode on horseback and tried to hit each other off

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Dowry

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The payment a woman’s family gave to he husband

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Page

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When a lords son was sent to s another lords castle to become a knight

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Squire

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When the boy was fourteen he learned to fight on horseback

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Dubbing

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The ceremony to become a knight

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Chivalry

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To be loyal to God,protect women and children

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Toll

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The fee traders paid to get into the town

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Curfew

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When all fires were to be put out

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Leprosey

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A disease in which you got sores all over your body

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Black Death

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A disease in Europe where you got lumps on your neck and armpit

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Charter

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A legal document the townspeople bought from the king to rule there town themselves.

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Apprentice

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When the boy was 7 he lived in a master craftsman house and worked without pay

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Journeyman

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After seven years the apprentice becomes a journey man travelling around looking for better wages

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Master craftsman

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To become a master craftsman you had to create a master piece

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Romanesque

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A style of churches copied from the Romans

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Gothic

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A very pretty church with spirals and stain glass windows

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Flying buttresses

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Instead of colums gothic churches were held up with flying buttresses

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Dormitory

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The dormitory was where all the monks slept

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Refectory

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The refectory was were the monks ate

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Cloister

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A walled garden were monks walked and prayed

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Scriptorium

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This is were monks wrote the manuscripts

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Infirmary

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This is where the nurses nursed the sick

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Chapter house

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Were the monks discussed business and elected the Abbot

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Novice

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This is the first stage in becoming a monk

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Tonsure

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The hair cut monks had to tell you were a monk

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Vespers

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The evening prayers

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Camplin

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The night prayers the monks said before they went to bed

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Abbot

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The leader of the monks elected by other monks

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Prior

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He looked after the monastery when the about was away

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Almoner

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He looked after the poor when they visited

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Hosteller

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He looked after travellers

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Friar

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They travelled from place to place working with the poor.

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