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1. HISTORY - Something in the past.
2. HISTORIAN - A person who studies the past.
3. CHRONOLGY - The study of time and past.
4. A.D. - Anno Domini / After Christ.
5. B.C. - Before Christ.
1. PRIMARY SOURCE - Something made at the time of an event can be written or non-written.
2. SECONDARY SOURCE - Something made at a later time after the event happened.
3. EVIDENCE - Clues from the past which help us explain history.
4. ARTEFACT - Man made object.
5. ARCHAEOLOGY - The study of physical remains of the past.
1. VIKING - A person from Norway, Sweden or Denmark.
2. SAXON - People who ruled England before the Normans.
3. NORMANS - A person from Normandy who came from a Viking family.
4. NORMANDY - An area of Northern France where the Vikings settled in 911 AD.
5. SETTLER - A person who makes his home in a new country.
1. CHALLENGE - An invitation to fight.
2. CLAIM - To say firmly that one has a right to something.
3. RETREAT - To go backwards / to withdraw.
4. BAYEUX TAPESTRY - A Primary Source. A long piece of cloth with pictures sewn onto it which tells the story of the Conquest of England.
5. DOMESDAY BOOK - A record made in 1086, of the ownership of the land in England, by order of William the Conqueror.
1. FEUDAL SYSTEM - A method of holding land by giving service, rather than money to the owner.
2. HOMAGE - To give respect to.
3. BARON - A person who held land from the King.
4. PEASANT - A person who held land from the baron.
5. VILLEIN - A person who has some land but worked for the Lord of the Manor.
6. FEALTY - An Oath of Loyalty.
1. MOTTE - A small hill that has a tower / wooden fort built on top of it.
2. KEEP - A tower built on top of the motte that could be used as a look out.
3. BAILEY - An enclosed area (on a smaller hill than the moat) where the soldiers lived.
4. MOAT - A deep ditch surrounding a castle. Sometimes it would be filled with water.
5. WOODEN BRIDGE - This connected the keep to the bailey.
1. FREEMAN - A farmer or craftsman who owned his own land, or rented it from the Lord of the Manor without having to work for him.
2. GAELIC - To do with the Irish language and customs.
3. CUSTOMS - Habits carried out by a group of people. The Anglo-Normans brought their customs to Ireland with them.
4. SETTLERS - Someone who goes to live in a new country.
5. MERCENARY - A soldier who fights for a reward e.g. Money or Land.
1. STRONGBOW - A Welsh Norman whose real name was Richard de Clare, who married Dermot Mac Murrough’s daughter, Aoife. He later became King of Leinster.
2. JOHN DE COURCY - A Norman Knight who attacked and captured Downpatrick in 1177, and he built Carrickfergus Castle.
3. OVERLORD - Someone who rules over another person.
4. VASSAL - A vassal holds land belonging to a lord and he owes the lord loyalty and service in return for the land.
5. KNIGHT - A heavily armed soldier on horseback.
1. ARCHER - A person who shots arrows from a bow.
2. LONGBOW - A bow from which a well trained archer could fire 10-15 arrows per minute.
3. FLETCHER - A man who made arrows.
4. ARROW SLIT - A narrow gap in a castle wall for firing arrows through.
5. CASTLE - A fortified dwelling built to protect people from their enemies. They were first built from wood and later, from stone.
6. BATTLEMENTS - The top of castle walls where soldiers kept look-out. |
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