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Pathways- Chapter 5
Europe's Late Middle Ages
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Political Studies
8th Grade
12/11/2007

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liege lord
Definition
the lord to whom a person owes loyalty
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ransom
Definition
money demanded in exchange for a prisoner
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squire
Definition
a knlght's assissant: a knight in training
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archer
Definition
a person who shoots a bow. By law, all adult males in English villages had to practice archery
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chivalry
Definition
knights and nobles
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jupon
Definition
a long shirt worn over armour
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heraldic symbol
Definition
a symbol that represents a family line; a coat of arms
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cavalry
Definition
soldiers on horseback
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full-plate armour
Definition
overlapping plates of steel that covered knights from head to toe
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fleur de lis
Definition
representationof a flower called the iris; the symbol of France
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leopards of England
Definition
Three crouching lions, the heraldic symbol of England
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Saint George
Definition
the patron saint of England
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pace
Definition
the length of a stride, about a metre
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battle
Definition
a military action; a group of knights
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to loose a shaft
Definition
to shoot an arrow
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mace
Definition
a war club
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Saint Denis
Definition
the patron saint of France
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to do homage
Definition
to swear loyalty
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immoveable
Definition
unable to move
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doublet
Definition
vest
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girdle
Definition
belt
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heresy
Definition
a teaching that is contary to that of the Church
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cathedral
Definition
the home church of a bishop
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jousting
Definition
two knights on horseback, each trying to knock the other off with his lance
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social status
Definition
level in society
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courtesy
Definition
good manners
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spur
Definition
a device worn on the heel, used for urging a horse on
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to keep vigil
Definition
staying awake and praying
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to dub
Definition
to make a person a knight by touching the shoulder with a sword
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hierarchy
Definition
the order of ranks in a system
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obsolete
Definition
useless because it is out of date
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siege
Definition
the act of surrounding a fortified placein order to capture it
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dauphin
Definition
eldest son of the French king
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hither
Definition
here
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commerce
Definition
the buying,selling and trading of goods and services
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tanner
Definition
a person who makes hide into leather
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guild
Definition
a union of persons practising the same craft
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apprentice
Definition
one who learns a trade by working for a master
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master
Definition
a certified expert
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journeyman
Definition
one admitted to a guild but not yet a master
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seamstress
Definition
a woman who makes a living by sewing
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chamber pot
Definition
a pot used instead of a toilet before plumbing was invented
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prohibition
Definition
a ban
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incentive
Definition
something that urges a person on
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mandatory
Definition
required
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pageant
Definition
an elaborate entertainment displaying scenes from history
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bear baiting
Definition
a public spectacle in which dogs torment a chained bear
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charter
Definition
a written order authorizing the right ot operate as a town
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libel
Definition
a false or damaging staement
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oratory
Definition
a small chapel
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redress
Definition
set right
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parish
Definition
church-sponsored
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tutor
Definition
a private teacher
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inventory
Definition
a detailed list of items
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martyred
Definition
killed for the sake of religion
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relic
Definition
a sacred object associated with a saint
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architect
Definition
one who designs buildings
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flying buttress
Definition
an archway built against a wall to help support it
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Gothic
Definition
a type of architecture featuring steep roofs and pointed arches
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bubonic plague
Definition
a highly contagious, usually fatal disesase; swollen lymph glands were a typical symptom
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lymph glands
Definition
rounded masses of tissue located under the arms and in the groin
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hallucinating
Definition
seeing things that do not exist
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aerial photograph
Definition
a picture of the ground taken from a great height
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scapegoat
Definition
a person wrongfully blamed, sometimes leading to persecution
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poll tax
Definition
a standard tax collected from every person
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