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The Internet Connection for Medieval Resources edited by Dr. Andrea R. Harbin.
1) The meeting of feudal vassals with the king it also refers to decrees issued by the king after such meetings.
2) A) Rule or regulation; B) procedure in legal actions concerning land. See darrein presentment, mort d'ancestor, Novel Disseisin, utrum; C) itinerant court in which such actions were tried.
3) A rule, regulation, or law, enforced on the authority of the Crown, though with the assent of the barons, which modified or changed the customary law. By tranference the term came to be applied to legal procedures under assize law (e.g., the "assize" of novel disseisin), and eventually to the courts which entertained such actions and the justices who administered them.
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Self-headed, autonomous. Used to describe a branch of the Orthodox Church (e.g., the Serbian Church) that could, while remaining in communion with Constantinople, elect its own bishop and administer itself; such a Church, however, did not have the power to alter doctrine.
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Used for good horses such as destriers in Spain from the ninth century. In Romance aufferant.
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Pointed arch of double curved sides, the upper arcs convex, the lower concave.
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Shirt-like garment of buckram stuffed with cotton, worn as padding under the hauberk.
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Заострена арка на двойно извити страни, изпъкнали горните дъги, по-ниски вдлъбната.
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The term used to describe one who leaves religious orders after making solemn profession. It is considered a serious crime in the eyes of the church, being not only a breach of faith with God but also with the founders and benefactors of their religious house.
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Royal lands granted by a French king to a younger son for his maintenance, with the title of duke or count.
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