Some Glossary About Medieval Time!!!

Glossary:

·          Beheading: severing of the head from the body.

·          Clergy: trained church officials.

·          Constable: lowest rank of police officer; an unpaid, untrained, unpopular position in the Middle Ages.

·          Convent: a place where nuns live and parties  their religious beliefs.

·          Domesday Book: survey of England drawn up but William the Conqueror in 1086.

·          Ducking Stool: a see-saw-like structure to which a person wastied before being ducked three times in water.

·          Epidemic: a disease affecting large numbers of people.

·          Feudal System: a medieval socail and politicalsystem based on land ownership, taxes, loyalty and military service.

·          Friars: males who undertook religious vows of proverty to help the needy.

·          Globet: a metal drinking vessel shaped like a wine glass.

·          Heir: a person who suceeds another to position or property.

·          Hung, Drawn And Quartered: a guilty person hanged, disembollelled, behead and the body hacked into four quarters.

·          Jester: A joker, juggler, actor and acrobatic performer and entertainer in royal or noble household.

·          Knight: a noble dubbed into service of the king.

·          Latin: the offical language used by the ancient Romans and throughout their empire.

·          Manor: a territory owened by a lord.

·          Manuscript: a book or document written by hand.

·          Minstrel: a musician who sang or read poetry.

·          Monastery: a place where monks live and practise their religious beliefs.

·          Monks: males who live according to rules of particular religious orders and under vows of poverty, chastity and obendience.

·          Nef: a silver boat-shaped salt container.

·          Noble: a person who inherited land and/or was given a title.

·          Norman: a person from Normandy, France.

·          Nuns: a female who live according to rules of particular religious orders and under vows of poverty, chastity and obendience.

·          Oath: a appeal to God.

·          Pillory: a wooden framework for securing head and hands.

·          Plate: a particular falt sheete on which a story is told.

·           Priest: a minister of religion.

·          Sanitation: the practice of talking precautions against disease.

·          Saxons: members of a Germanic people (from Saxony) who invaded and occupied part of Britian from the third century.

·          Scold’s Bridle: a headpiece placed on a person as punishment.

·          Sterile: Free from germs.

·          Stocks: instrument of punishment with holes to secure ankles.

·          Subtletys: decorations made from sugar, marzipan, flour and jellies in the shape of people, animals or religious scenes.

·          Tapestry: fabric on which coloured threads are woven to produce a design or picture.

·          Tithe: a tax paid to the Church.

·          Treason: disloyalthy to the king or queen.