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First stage to become a master; no wage, free labor
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Apprentice
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The courtyard inside the castle walls
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Bailey
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Royal officials; presided over kings' courts; collect taxes
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Bailiffs
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Battle where French horsemen beat English footsoldiers; French lead by William the Conqueror; 1066
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Battle of Hastings
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The swelling of lymph nodes; caused the Bubonic plague/Black Death
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Buboes
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Laws for the Catholic Church
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Canon Law
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(usually a bishop) elects the new Pope when needed
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Cardinal
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Code of conduct followed by knights
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Chivalry
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Also called wager of law; could establish innocence by taking an oath and getting 12 people to swear that one was telling the truth
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Compurgation
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Document that stated only the Church had power to give the ring and staff; king only had veto power
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Concordat of Worms
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Series of wars to regain the Holy Lands (Jerusalem) from the Muslims (also Turks); Turks win but are more flexible to Christians
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Crusades
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Group of advisors to the Pope; decide cases of inheritance -> extend Pope's power
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Curia (aka, Papal Curia)
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Outside wall of a castle
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Curtain
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All the land retained by the lord for his own use; not for fiefs
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Demense
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A book that had census of everything the peopled owned; used for taxes; ordered by King John I
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Domesday book (Doomsday)
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