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The Internet Connection for Medieval Resources edited by Dr. Andrea R. Harbin.
The governing body of an ecclesiastical corporation, whether monsatic community or cathedral clergy.
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Name applied by Anglo-Normans (usually when making grants of land) to pre-existing territorial units; later used of administrative divisions of certain counties in Ireland.
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# Round or polygonal tower projecting from walls.
# A small tower at the end of a curtain wall or in the middle of the outside wall.
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English sailing barge usually with from forty to fifty oars, shallow-draughted and clinker built.
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# Assault tower.
# Stout, rectangular shed with open sides, mounted on wooden wheels, used to provide cover for men using rams, picks and similar weapons against the masonry of a fortification.
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An authoritiative papal letter, sealed with the lead seal, or bulla, of the pope.
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A constituent protion or compartment of a building, complete in itself and corresponding to other portions.
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A fourteenth century open-faced helmet of globular or pointed shape, which extended downwards to protect the cheeks and the back of the neck. An aventail was added c. 1320 and a pointed visor after 1350.
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