A tribal assembly.    (Fine, John V.A. Jr. The Late Medieval Balkans, 627)

An obligation for one's soul; each Nemanjic ruler of Serbia built a monastery as his zaduzbina.    (Fine, John V.A. Jr. The Late Medieval Balkans, 627)

A heraldic composite animal, like a spotted deer with swivelling horns.    (Wood, Margaret. The English Medieval House, 416)

Deserted holdings and settlements reverted to waste.    (Duby, Georges. Rural Economy and Country Life in the Medieval West, 555)

1) A writ issued as matter of routine and requiring no special authority.    (Sayles, George O. The King's Parliament of England, 146) 2) A writ issued at the request of a complainant who des [..]

1) Sealed document, transmitting an order from the king or his courts.    (Sayles, George O. The King's Parliament of England, 146) 2) A royal order to a definite person; a mandate commanding [..]

[Witenagemot] Council composed of nobles and ecclesiastics which advised the Anglo Saxon kings of England. Also chose the successor to the throne. Resembles the commune concilium.    (MEDI [..]

Subsidiary timber inserted between purlins and principals to resist lateral thrust and wind pressure. May be straight, curved or cusped. Two tiers or three usual.    (Wood, Margaret. The English M [..]

[wic, wih (Old English)] A merchant settlement or town, probably originally unfortified and thus different from a burgus or civitas; apparently used in this sense (though also in others) in th [..]

1) Principal labor obligation of a villein, comprising plowing and other work every week throughout the year.    (Gies, Frances and Joseph. Life in a Medieval Village, 246) 2) Work done for the lo [..]