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| middle ages | the period after the fall of Rome and before the modern era (500C.E-1500C.E) |
| medieval | a latin word for middle ages. |
| trial by ordeal | a physical challenge that is done instead of a courtroom case it is much faster but less acurate. |
| feudalism | a military and political system in which the vassal has to swear an oath of loyalty to a lord to protect him and fight for him and in return gets a fief and surfs. |
| king | the highest power of authority in the middle ages |
| lord /noble | a very highly respected landowner that has many surfs and vassals that are working under his authority right under the king. |
| manor | an estate built up by a lord.a big plot of land. |
| fief | a plot of land |
| farthing | currency (money) used during middle ages |
| manorialism | a self-suporting system where the manors do not interfere with other manors but trade among themselves. |
| serf | worker who cannot be forced to go to another manor. |
| slave | a worker who can be bought or sold by another manor. |
| freeman | a landworker that is permitted to move about freely to other estates.they also have to pay high taxes. |
| castle | the center of a manor. |
| purposes of a castle | 1)a fortress 2)protection for the manor 3)a house for the lord 4)a center of entertainment |
