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Medieval Times
Artefact - Chapter 6 - 1st Year History
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Feudalism | The system of land ownership where rulers divided land among their followers in return for loyalty and taxes |
| Peasants | The people who worked on a lord's land. |
| Bailiff | The official on the manor who was in charge of collecting taxes and maintaining order when the lord was away |
| Open field system | The system of farming where peasants were given each strips of land to farm in the large fields |
| Fallow | The one field left empty every year to let it regain its nutrients |
| The commons | A large field on the manor where the peasants' animals grain |
| Tithe | The payment of one-tenth of a peasant's annual income to the Church |
| Knights | Warriors of noble birth who fought on horseback and swore an oath of chivalry |
| Oath of chivalry | Sworn by a knight to be loyal to a lord and protect the weak |
| Charter | A contract whereby a town was granted freedom to run its own affairs but paid taxes to the king |
| Curfew | A rule that required people in towns to put out their fires at night |
| Guild | An organisation of people who worked in the same trade |
| Masterpiece | A piece of work presented to the guild to judge if someone was good enough to become a master craftsman |
| Christendom | The 'Kingdom of Christ', referring to Europe |
| Rules of St Benedict | The strict set of rules that monks lived by |
| Friars | Monks who travelled around the country tending to the poor and the sick |
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