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Medieval

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Referring to the Middle Ages time period( after the fall of Roman Empire)

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Renaissance

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Rebirth, time period after Middle Ages

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Heraldry

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A system of identification used by knights

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Quartering

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Multiple coats of arms on a shield

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Differencing

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Marking your shield with a symbol to represent birth order

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Tincture

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Colors of the shield

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Feudalism

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System of trading land for protection

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Fiefs

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Gifts (pieces) of land, large estates

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Noble

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Member of the upper classes;included kings, lords, ladies,barons,knights

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Vassal

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Noble who served a lord of a higher rank in exchange for loyalty

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Ladies

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Noblewomen

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Knight

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Warrior on horseback

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Squire

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Someone training to be a knight

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Page

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Young bot who helped the knight and squires

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Code of Chivalry

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Certain rules for a knight to live by

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Joust

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Contest on horseback between two knights

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Serfs

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Medieval peasants, bound to the land

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Freeman

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Peasants who paid the noble to farm their own land

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Manor

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Large farming estates

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Daimyo

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In Japan, ruling families who owned land

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Samurai

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Japanese warrior

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Katana

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Large Japanese sword

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Shoto

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Small Japanese sword

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Bushido

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Code of conduct for samurai

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Bubonic Plague

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Fatal bacterial disease in the Middle Ages

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Bloodletting

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Medical practice in the Middle Ages

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Persecution

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To treat someone badly based on their religion

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Heresy

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To go against the church

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Exocummunicated

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To lose membership in a church

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Catholic

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Now a branch of Christianity, in the Middle Ages the main religion

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