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The Internet Connection for Medieval Resources edited by Dr. Andrea R. Harbin.
# Turf left unplowed to provide separation between strips.
# A ridge left between two furrows, or a strip of ground left unploughed as a boundary line between two ploughed portions.
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# Room for the service of beverages.
# Storeroom for wine and other beverages.
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The list of books accepted by the church as scripture; the accepted list of twenty-seven items in the New Testament was worked out between the second and the fourth centuries.
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# A town with the right of self government granted by royal charter.
# Originally a defended farm or residence but usually used in the meaning current from the ninth to the eleventh centuries, namely an urban settlement, normally fortified.
# At first used of any fortified place, not necessarily a town; by the eleventh century the word had strong urban connotations.
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The leading members of the landed elite, above the bannerets. The title of baron carried no specific duties or rights, though most were treated as peers.
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Fees which a feudal lord imposes on his serfs for the use of his mill, oven, wine press, or similar facilities. It some times includes part of a fish catch or the proceeds from a rabbit warren.
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