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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| feudalism | society based on land-holding |
| serfs | slaves of the land |
| Black Death | spread by fleas on rats |
| Domesday Book | inventory of people and their possessions |
| knights | most important member of society |
| 1. page 2. squire | two steps to becoming a knight |
| page | live with another upper class family, taught mostly by woman of the house, go to Catholic school (age 7-14) |
| squire | training under knight, learns about war, fighting, and weapons, stay a squire till you prove yourself in battle (age 14-?) |
| 1. serve God 2. serve king 3. respect women | Code of Chivalry |
| knight errant | banished knight |
| ordeals | way of deciding questions of law by physical trials |
| courtly love | excuse for adultery in upper class |
| Law of Primogeniture | gives complete right of inheritance to the firstborn son |
| latin | catholic church spoke |
| french | king spoke |
| middle english | regular people/commoners |
| 1. only source of education 2. only library 3. only source publishing 4. collected tithes (tax) | Catholic church was the |
| illuminated writings | church scribes wrote |
| romance | long, narrative presenting chivalrous ideas about heroes involved in strange adventures and love affairs |
| ballads | songs, poems, and stories of the common people |