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| abbot | the leader of a monastery |
| charter | a document given by a government or ruler to a group of people or a company |
| circuit | an area or district through which a judge travels to hold court sessions |
| Code of Chivalry | a set of rules for knights |
| convent | a community of women who devote themselves to religious life |
| cooper | a person who makes barrels |
| dauphin | the title given to the eldest son of the king of France |
| excommunication | the punishment of not allowing someone to continue as a member of the Church |
| feudalism | a system of government in which land is exchanged for loyalty and services |
| fief | a plot of land exchanged for loyalty to a ruler |
| journeyman | an apprentice who is qualified to work in a particular trade |
| jury | a group of people who hear evidence in a trial then vote on the guilt or innocence of the accused |
| knight | a military servant of a feudal king or other superior |
| manor | the estate over which a lord had control |
| monastery | a community of monks |
| pilgrimage | a journey undertaken for religious reasons |
| plague | a highly contagious, usually fatal, disease that affects a large number of people |
| serf | a farmworker who was bound to live and labor on his lord's land |
| smith | a person who works with metals |
| tournament | a staged battle fought by knights for money and honor without the intention to wound or kill |
| troubadour | a person who composed poems that were set to music |
| truce | an agreement to stop fighting |
| vassal | a person who receives land from a ruler and in return promises aid |
