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The Internet Connection for Medieval Resources edited by Dr. Andrea R. Harbin.
# A) Short, informal note; B) document initiating proceedings at common law or in equity; C) petition in parliament, on which enactment may be made.
# Miltiary use: a weapon based on agricultural tools and usually having a hooked blade with spikes at top and rear.
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Documents granting liberty to a serf by his lord. The term also applies to the freedom granted to the inhabitants of a town or borough. the issue of a Charter of Franchise frees the town from servitude to feudal lords.
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The state of being unmarried; required of western clergy in the major orders (bishop, priest, deacon, subdeacon) since the twelfth century.
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Relatively light helmet with a rounded or pointed top. It might be fitted with a visor.
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A member of the military landed aristocracy in Bulgaria. The term was also used in Russia.
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