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The Decline of Feud.
Unit 5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Hapeus Corpus | the legal concept that an accused person cannot be jailed indefinitely without being charged with a crime |
| commoner | a person who is not of noble rank |
| crossbow | a medieval bow of a kind that is fixed across a wooden support and has a groove for the bolt and a mechanism for drawing and releasing the string. |
| longbow | a large bow drawn by hand and shooting a long feathered arrow. It was the chief weapon of English armies from the 14th century until the introduction of firearms. |
| heretic | a person who holds beliefs that are contrary to a set of religious teachings |
| Magna Carta | a written legal agreement signed in 1215 that limited the English monarch’s power |
| Hundred Years' War | a series of battles fought between France and England from 1337 to 1453 |
| truce | an agreement between enemies or opponents to stop fighting or arguing for a certain time. |