Middle Ages FK1
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| feudalism | a system of government in which land is exchanged for loyalty and services
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| manor | the estate over which a lord had control; also the lord’s house on an estate
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| fief | a plot of land exchanged for loyalty to a ruler
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| homage | honor or respect given to someone of higher social status
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| King and Queen | the leaders of a feudalistic society who pledged to protect and be loyal to the vassal
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| vassal | a person who received land from a ruler and in return promised aid and loyalty (lord, duke, count)
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| lord | a superior member of the feudal society who had control over a manor
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| lady | the wife of a lord; often took control of the manor in a lord’s absence
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| peasant | a farm worker
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| serf | a farm worker who was bound to live and work on his lord’s land
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| three-field system | a method of farming where crops were rotated yielding greater output annually
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| fallow | an unplanted field, the third year in the three-field system when a field is left to recover
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| knight | a military servant of a feudal king or lord
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| Code of Chivalry | a set of rules for knights
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| tournament | a staged battle fought by knights for money and honor without the intention to wound or kill
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| pageboy | a young boy in his first stage of training as a knight
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| squire | a personal servant to a particular knight
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| fortress | a large fortified place, that includes a castle and often a town
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| castle | a large building often surrounded by a fortress
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| keep | a square structure, designed to be the strongest part of a castle where inhabitants could retreat to in the event of an attack
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| courtyard | the open space inside a castle’s keep
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| drawbridge | a bridge made to be raised up, let down, so as to permit or hinder passage
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| moat | the ditch surrounding a castle, filled with water when the castle was on a stream or river
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| siege | an army attack in which it would surround a castle so that no food, weapons or supplies could reach the people inside
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| siege tower | a tall, wooden tower that rolled on wheels and could hold soldiers to enter a fortress
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| battering ram | a method of attack in which soldiers used a huge log to bang against castle doors until they broke open
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