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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Middle Ages | From around 500-1500AD, also called the medieval period. |
| Feudal System | the way land was owned and society was organised in the Middle Ages |
| Vassals | The kings followers |
| Peasants | Farmers during the Middle Ages |
| The manor | The land, and everything on it, owned by the lord |
| Serf | A peasant, who belonged to the lord. |
| Freeman | A peasant who paid rent and taxes, but could travel |
| Fallow | A field with nothing growing |
| Demence | The lords private land |
| Open field system | Three fields would rotate what they grew every year. Barley then wheat and grains then fallow |
| Bailiff | Appointed by the lord to oversee the village, like a policeman |
| Stocks | A punishment where a persons legs and hands were locked in a piece of wood |
| Pillory | A punishment where a persons arms and head were locked in a piece of wood |
| Wattle and daub | A material for making buildings made out of mud clay sticks sand and stone |
| Motte and Bailey castles | First castles and made out of wood |
| Page | First step to becoming a night, started when you were 7 years old |
| Squire | When you where 12-14 you started learning how to fight if you where becoming a night |
| Night | At the age of 21 you became a night and there was a huge party to celebrate., |
| Battering ram | Used to smash gates |
| Catapult | Hurdled boulders or fireballs over the walls |
| Ballista | Like a giant crossbow, fired large arrows |
| Siege towers | Enclosed towers used to scale the wall |
| Tunnels | Dug under the walls with an aim to collapse the wall |