Lesson 25: Medieval Village Life
Phrase and word suggestions
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Land owned by a lord, consisting of village buildings and surrounding land
(manor).
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Name for a peasant’s cottage (cruck house).
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Peasants who were tied to the land and had to work for the lord who owned it
(villein).
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Peasants who had little or no land, but who were not free and who often lived in
cottages outside the main manor (bordars or cottars).
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Land where sheep and cattle grazed (pastures).
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A thick soup of vegetables and sometimes meat (pottage).
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A long, almost floor-length tunic, usually worn over a shirt by peasant women
(kirtle).
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