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Champerty

History; Medieval

A procedure by which a person having no legal concern in a suit promises aid or influence to one party in return for a share of the matter in the suit, if successful; usually linked with maintenance.

Banneret

History; Medieval

# A military rank, superior to that of a knight. Bannerets bore square banners, rather than long pennons. # Lord entitled to have a banner, and drawing higher wages of war than an ordinary knight.

Batter

History; Medieval

# Lower sloping surface of a wall linking a wide base to a narrower upper structure. # A sloping part of a curtain wall. The sharp angle at the base of all walls and towers along their exterior ...

Cantref

History; Medieval

A Welsh political and administrative division, similar to English shires.

Bloodfeud

History; Medieval

Conflict between kin-groups, arising from an attempt to exact vengeance or compensation for a previous injury.

Battle

History; Medieval

# A main division of the army; usually there were three or four battles in an army # A division of troops commanded by a peer or knight banneret. .

Black death

History; Medieval

Bubonic plague that ravaged Europe and Asia in the mid-fourteenth century and reappeared periodically in Europe for generations.

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