Middle Ages Vocab

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