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22 Cards in this Set
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turret |
A small tower built on a castle wall |
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barbican |
a defensive gate house |
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fosterage |
a common practice in the middles ages whereby the children of the lady and lord lived with noble families |
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hawking |
a form of hunting whereby birds of prry are trained to hunt for small animals |
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manor |
land owned by the lord |
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demesne |
the land retained by the lord for his own use |
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page |
first stage of knights training |
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squire |
second stage of a knights training |
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tournament |
contest between knights |
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jousting |
a contest on horseback where two knights who charge at eachother with lances |
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open field system |
a system in which the land in the village was divided into 3 large fields and then divided into different strips |
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serf |
peasant who was not allowed to leave the village without lords permission |
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charter |
a list of rules in a medieval town |
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pillory |
a form of punishment |
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cloister |
a place where monks prayed in a monastery |
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infirmarian |
monk who looked after the sick |
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fief |
an area of land which the king granted a lord |
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motte |
a man made hill on which a castle was built |
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Bailey |
courtyard of a medieval castle |
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Moat |
a deep ditch dug around the walls of a castle |
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keep |
a large square tower |
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portcullis |
an iron gate which could be lowered over the entrance of a castle under attack |
