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manor |
a large estate |
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medieval era |
the period of the MIddle Ages |
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melle |
a fight or mock fight between groups of knights or soliders |
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Middle Ages |
the period of history between the fall of the Roman Empire, around 500 A.D., to the birth of the Rennaissance, about 1450 A.D. |
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monk |
a man who lives alone or with a religous order which is seperated from normal wordly ativities and who lives according to strict rules under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. |
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the norman conquest |
the defeat of england by french norman invaders under Duke William of Normandy |
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normandy |
a dukedom of france located in the northwest part of the country. named for the vikings or northmen who settled there in the 900s |
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page |
a boy attendant to a knight who was in training for the knighthood |
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the reformation |
the movement which sought to reform certain corrupt practices of the Catholic Church and which led to Protestantism. |
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the renaissance |
the great rebirth of acrt, literature, and learning in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries which marked the transition from the medieval to modern periods of European history. |
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serf |
a pesant who belonged to the land |
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sumptuary laws |
laws restircting the use of extravagant clothing and food |
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tithing |
one tenth of annual produce or money paid as a tax to support the church and the clergy |
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wales |
a celtic speaking reigon in the southwest portion of the united kingdom which was a seperate kingdom until the endof the thirteenth century, |
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anglo-sazons |
germanic people who lived in england in the centuries before the norman conquest |
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aristocracy |
a privilaged minority, usuallly based on inherited wealth and high social position. |
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battle of hastings |
the decisive battle, in 1066, of the norman invasion near the southern english town of hastings |
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bishop |
a clergyman of noble rank, higher then a priest, in charge of the administration of a diocese. |
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cathedral |
the main church for a district or diosese which served as the seat of the bishop |
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celtic |
refers to a language cariety spoken in wales, brittany, ireland, and scotland. also regers to the ancient peoples called the celts. |
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chivalry |
knightly qualities such as valor, fairness, courtesy, respect for women, and protection of the poor |
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closters |
a monastic place, but especially the arched and covered wlkways around a central garden that link monastery buildings. |
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coat of arms |
a shield marked with the insignia or designs of a particular family or group |
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dark ages |
the period of european history from the fall of the roman empire to about the end of the tenth century. |
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diocese |
a church district under a bishop's authority |
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falconry |
hunting with trained falcons |
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feudalism |
the economic, political, and social organization of medieval europe. |
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joust |
a combat or mock combat with lances between two knights or soliders |
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knights |
a military servant often holding land on the condition that he serves his master as a mounted man of arms |
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clergy |
wrongdoings could be forgiven in God's name by him. they also are the men who performed the services of thechurch and helped people follow Church rules about how to live. |
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excommunicate |
prevent from taking part in church life. this was usually how the church would punish a lord. |
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troubadour |
a traveling performer. he sang about knights |
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king john |
the ruler who agreed to give power to english nobles |
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gregory VII |
the pope who excommunicated Henry IV |
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parliment |
the council that advised the english king |
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the magna carta |
a document limiting the power of english kings |
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joan of arc |
a person who led the french army in battle against england. |
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vassal |
someone who promiced to fight for a lord |
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self-sufficient |
able to supply one's own needs |
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apprentice |
an unpaid worker being trained in a craft |
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carbohydrates |
a substance the human body uses for fuel |
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surplus |
an amount over and above what is needed |
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fallow |
plowed land not used for growing crops during one or more growing seasons. |
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crop rotation |
a system of soil conservation in which a farmer grows different crops in the same fields over a period of years. |
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plowshare |
the sharp blade of a plow that cuts into the soil |
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arable |
well suited for growing crops |
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migration |
the moving of a group of people or animals from one place to another. |
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cultivate |
to prepare soil for rasing crops |
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protein |
a substance needed to build body cells |
