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39 Cards in this Set
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vassal
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reciever of land/fief
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overlord
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giver of land/fief
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fief
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land given
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homage
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public ceremony where alligance is sworn/land given
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villeins
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peasents
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Bayuex Tapestry
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a woven picture showing the story of Battle of Hastings
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oath
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words you swear to someone as a promise
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nobility
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group of people rich with money and high in feudalism
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conquest
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take over something
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invasion
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attempt to attack or take over something
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peasent
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a poor farmer tied to land
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baron
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high up nobleman
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rebellion
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an uprising against authority
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law
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a rule for the land by the ruler (s)
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taxation
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payment by all people to the government
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Chronicle
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an article written by Monks about events
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feudalism
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a social system whuch nobleman were given land in exchange for swearing loyalty to tgeir king
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tentant-in-chief
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barons or bishops who agree to provide knights for the king, recieved land from king directly
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under-tentant
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knights who work for the tentant in chief
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fallow land
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land that does nothing for a year, so the land can collect nutrience to grow things on next year
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common land
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land everyone can go to, to let their animals graze
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cruck cottage
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villein's home
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the mill
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where you crush wheat to make flour
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blacksmith
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forges weapons out of metal
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week work
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the work a peasent does for the lord a week
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boon days
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Christmas or Easter days where villeins give gifts of chickens or eggs to the lord
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the manor house
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the house where the lord lives
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daub
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used to make cruck cottages, a mixtre of animal dung and mud
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toft
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a small vegetable garden
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rushes
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water grass (reeds) used to cover the floor of cruck cottages
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pottage
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a vegatable soup
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a court
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takes place in the manor house, crimes and punishment decided by the lord
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a croft
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a private field to graze your sheeps, goats, and raise your chickens
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dove cote
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a building to breed birds in
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tithe
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tax of 1/10 paid to the Church (paid by peasents)
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wattle
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sticks woven together
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wimple
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headware worn by peasents
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tunic
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simple clothing wih holes in forhead and arms
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Lutttel Psalter
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a prayer book
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