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Feudal system

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Social system in the Middle Ages e.g. Peasants

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Middle Ages

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A time after the Roman Empire between 500 and 1500 ad

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Demesne

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Land owned by the king for his personal use.

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Vassals

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The kings followers. They had titles such as earl and count.

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Knight

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Warriors who rode on horseback to fight for their king.

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Serf

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A peasant who belonged to the king and worked on his land.

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Freeman

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A peasent who was free to roam the land at will.

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Manor

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A type of medieval village. These were lightly fortified.

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Open field system

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A single field was shared by everyone. Another field called the commons was where everyone’s animals grazed.

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Sanctuary

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A person could escape the law if they made it into a church. As long as they stayed there, they could not be arrested.

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Motte and bailey

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A wooden castle built on a mound of dirt.

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Crop rotation

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A farming system where in 1 year, 1 type of crop was grown in 1 field and another in a second field while a third field was left to rest.

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Bailiff

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A law expert hired by a lord to keep order.

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Motte and bailey

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A small, basic wooden fort

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Moat

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A trench surrounding a castle

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Keep

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Where The Lord and his family lived in his castle

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Battlements

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Walkways where archers could shoot intruders from

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Curtain walls

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Outer walls of a castle

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Turrets

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Towers around the castle where spotters looked out for enemys

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Drawbridge

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A bridge over a moat which could be retracted if needed

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Portcullis

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Iron gate at the front of the castle

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Ramparts

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Walkways around the castle

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Latrines

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Holes in the walls of a castle that acted as makeshift toilets.

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Trenchers

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Slices of bread food was served on

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Wimple

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A type of hat women wore

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Hawking

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Hunting with trained hawks

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Jousting

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2 knights charge at each other with lances and try to knock each other off horses

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Dowry

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A fee a woman’s parents payed to the woman’s husband when they married

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Page

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A young boy who served a king while training to be a knight

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Squire

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A teenage boy training to be a knight

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Dubbing

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When a squire became a knight at 21

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Chivalry

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A code of honour knights followed. It basically said to protect civilians and fight bravely

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Toll

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A small tax salesmen payed to sell things in a town outside their own

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Curfew

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When all fires were put out to prevent houses catching fire

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Leprosy

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A skin disease that caused skin to decay

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Black Death

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A disease that swept Europe and killed about 1/3 of everyone

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Charter

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A document bought off a king or lord allowing a town to rule its self

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Guild

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An organisation that set the standard for a trade and took care of the sick and elderly members

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Apprentice

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A young boy training as a craftsman

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Journeyman

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A travelling craftsman looking for business

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Master

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A very skilled craftsman

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Romanesque

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A type of architecture involving small windows, round arches and large pillars

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Gothic

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A later type of architecture with large windows, small columns and pointed arches

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Flying buttresses

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External columns in gothic architecture that held the roof up

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Dormitory

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Sleeping quarters in a monastery

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Refectory

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Food hall in a monastery

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Cloister

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Walkways in a monastery

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Scriptorium

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Where monks wrote books

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Infirmary

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A sick bay in a monastery

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Chapter house

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A meeting room in a monastery

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Novice

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A young monk in training

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Tonsure

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A haircut monks had with a bald patch on top

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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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Leader of a monastery

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Prior

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Second in command

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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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Travelling monks who looked after the poor

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