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51 Cards in this Set
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Normandy
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an area, now part of France that has come to the Normans, who descended form Vikings
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Tapestry
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a thick, embroidered cloth picture used as a wall hanging
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vassal
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one who swears loyalty to a lord
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lord
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a fuedal superior
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fuedal contract
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the bargain between a lord and his vassal
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Anglo-Saxon
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the earliest English a Germanic people
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housecarl
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sodier
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technology
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things humans make to use as tools
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cavalry
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soldiers on horseback
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lance
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a long spear
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impenetrable
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impossible to pass
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propaganda
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an effort to spread opinions or beliefs, sometimes by distorting the truth
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audience
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a hearing, an interview
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monumental
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very important
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allegiance
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loyalty
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homage
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formal acknowledgement
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contract
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a formal agreement
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lord of the manor
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the tenant of a noble, who has the inherited right to run a manor
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freeholder
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a person who owns his or her land
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self-sufficient
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independent
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thatching
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using special grass to make roofs for buildings
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fletching
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fitting feathers on arrows
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demense
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lands set aside for the lord of a manor
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bailiff
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the person who collects rents and supervised serfs and freeholders on a manor
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to exploit
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to make selfish use of
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wattle and daub
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woven sticks covered with clay or mud
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vermin
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lice, fleas, and bedbugs
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louse
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a small, winless insect that lives and feeds on mammals, including human beings
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pullet
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young chicken
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green cheese
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unripe cheese
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curds
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cottage cheese
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callop
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slice of meat
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dung
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manure
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drought
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a long period without rain
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lammas
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August 1, a feast to celebrate the first wheat harvest
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falcon
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a bird of prey
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troubadour
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a mideveal singer who wrote and sang poems about chivalry and love
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obligation
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duty
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ward
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an orphan who is put in another person's care until he or she becomes an adult
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sceptical
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doubting the truth
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relic
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an item associated with a saint; thought to have great powers
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to excommunicate
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to cancel a person's membership in the church
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ecclesiastical
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having to do with the church
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chastity
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virtue, modesty
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to prosecute
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to present evidence to prove a person's guilt
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assault
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an attempt to physically harm another person
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treason
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betraying one's country or ruler
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lenient
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mild,merciul
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meddlesome
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interfering
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canonize
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to declare a person as a saint
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shrine
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a place of worship
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