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20 Cards in this Set
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fief
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a feudal estate
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vassal
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a person in the Middle Ages who received protection and land from a lord in return for loyalty and service
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homage
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something done or given in fulfilling a vassal's duty to a lord
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minstrel
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a medieval musical entertainer, esp. a singer of verses accompanied by music
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herald
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an official announcer or messenger
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parliament
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the supreme legislative body of various political units (Middle English -- a council for discussing gov't business)
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count
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a European nobleman whose rank is equal to that of a British earl (his wife)
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duke
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a supreme and independent ruler of a duchy; a nobleman of the highest rank (his wife)
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baron
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a member of the lowest rank of the British nobility (his wife)
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squire
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one who carries the shield or armor of a knight; also, a male servant
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portcullis
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(esp. in medieval castles) a strong grating, as of iron, made to slide along vertical grooves at the sides of a gateway of a fortified place and let down to prevent passage.
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palisade
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any of a number of pales or stakes pointed at the top and set firmly in the ground in a close row with others to form a defense.
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garrison
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a body of troops stationed in a fortified place.
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accolade
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a light touch on the shoulder with the flat side of the sword or formerly by an embrace, done in the ceremony of conferring knighthood.
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excommunicate
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to cut off from communion with a church or exclude from the sacraments of a church by ecclesiastical sentence.
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troubadour
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one of a class of wandering medieval lyric poets who wrote songs and poems chiefly on themes of courtly love.
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knight
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a man, usually of noble birth, who after an apprenticeship as page and squire was raised to honorable military rank and bound to chivalrous conduct.
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page
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a youth in attendance on a person of rank or, in medieval times, a youth being trained for knighthood.
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squire
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A young nobleman attendant upon a knight and ranked next below a knight in feudal hierarchy.
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joust
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a combat in which two knights on horseback attempted to unhorse each other with blunted lances.
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