| Term | Definition |
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mid-evil political system based on the relation of lords to vassals |
feudalism |
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clergy |
religous leaders |
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fiefs |
pieces of land given to vassals by their lord |
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vassal |
mid-evil noble who served a lord or higher rank |
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act of homage |
ceremony in which a vassal promises loyalty to a lord |
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castles |
large, fortified homes |
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keep |
stongest part of a castle |
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ladies |
noble women |
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code of chilvary |
rules knights lived by |
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person who helped knights care for their horses and armor |
page |
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squire |
young noble under the care and training of a knight |
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dubbing |
ceremony in which a squire is made a knight |
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tournaments |
contests to test the skills of knights |
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joust |
contest on horseback between two knights |
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manors |
mid-evil estates with a lord and tenants |
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seneschal |
mid-evil official who looked after a noble's fiefs |
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freemen |
peasants who payed the lord the right to farm their own land |
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