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| Fiefs | Land given as payment for loyalty and military service. |
| Lords | They were also called Counts, Nobles, or Barons. They recieved fiefs. |
| Manor | Name for the lord’s house and lands (fief). |
| Nobility | People that are lords, ladies, princes, princesses, relatives of the lord and minor lords. |
| Clergy | People who are churchmen. |
| Peasants | People in society who made up most of the medieval population -99%. |
| Serfs | Peasants who are part of the land – property. Can’t move, own land, or marry without lord’s permission. Work lord's lands three days of the week. |
| Gallows | Wooden beam to hold multiple nooses. |
| Ale | Drink of the Middle Ages as because it was boiled it was much safer than water. |
| Mead | Made from fermented honeycomb. |
| vassals | They swear faith to a lord. All lords and kings are also vassals to a higher lord. |
| Act of homage | Ceremony of becoming a vassal. |
| Knights | Armored warriors on horseback. Tanks. |
| Dubbing ceremony | Ceremony of knighthood – Become a sir. |
| Tournaments | These were practice for knights. Included jousts.. |
| Heraldry | Colors and designs to identify knights. Designs on the shield, armor, and even the horse. |
| Code of Chivalry | Code of honor that all knights should follow. Code created by the Church. |
| Charlemagne | Dark Age king who began feudalism. |
| Dark Ages | Began with the fall of Rome in 476 A.D. until 1000 A.D. |
| Middle Ages | 1000-1500 A.D. time of knights, castles and fleas. |
| Death of Charlemagne and Viking attacks | These two things caused feudalism to develop. |
| Castles and personal armies | What the lords got to protect themselves from attack. |
| Feudalism | Government by independant, land-owning warrior nobles. |
| Life expectancy of a woman | 20s |
| Life expectancy of a man | 30s |
| pillory or stocks | Locks your head and hands. |
| gallows | Wooden beam which holds multiple nooses. Leave the bodies to rot. |
| ale | The drink of the Middle Ages |
| mead | The celebratory drink, fermented honeycomb. |
| Duties of a vassal | 1. Provide military service 2. Ransom the lord. 3. Attend the lord's court. |
| Stages to becoming a knight | Page, squire, knight |
| Arrow loops | Protected openings in a castle wall to fire arrows from. |
| Portcullis | Iron gate within the gatehouse. |
| Drawbridge | Can be raised and lowered over the moat. |
| Moat | Ditch around the walls of the castle. Filled with spikes or water. |
