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Society
Castles
Lookin' for a fight.
Holy Mackeral
Whatever
100
Peasants who were tied to the land.
What is a serf?
100
The ditch surrounding a castle, sometimes filled with water.
What is a moat.
100
A type of spear carried by knights and used in jousting.
What is a lance?
100
The leader of a parish.
What is a priest?
100
The three steps to knighthood.
What are page, squire and knight?
200
The person who owned a manor or fief.
What is a lord?
200
THe building housing the entrance ti the castle.
What is a gatehouse?
200
This new weapon shot short arrows and was made illegal for a time by the pope.
What is a crossbow?
200
Lived in a convent.
What is a nun.
200
If I am a lord, you are my ______________ .
What is vassal?
300
A person whose church was usually a catherdral.
What is a bishop?
300
The fortified building at the center of the castle, its strongest part.
What is a keep?
300
A club with metal spikes attached to the end.
What is a mace?
300
The head of a monastery.
What is an abbot.
300
The system of farming used in the middle ages to keep land fertile.
What is the three field system?
400
A name for traveling entertainers in the middle ages.
What is a minstrel or troubadour?
400
The name for courtyards inside the walls.
What is a bailey?
400
A huge type of catapult used to knock wholes in castle walls.
What is a trebuchet?
400
Wrote a set of rules for monks to live by.
Who is St. Benedict?
400
Peasants had to pay a fee to grind grain here.
What is the lords mill.
500
The step in a guild between an apprentice and a master craftsmen.
What is a journeyman.
500
An iron gate at the main entrance of a castle that could be raised or lowered.
What is a portcullis?
500
A gigantic crossbow used to hurl huge spears.
What is a ballista?
500
What is the territory controlled by a bishop called?
What is a diocese?
500
The oath sworn to your liege lord.
What is an oath of fealty. (homage)