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The Internet Connection for Medieval Resources edited by Dr. Andrea R. Harbin.
Pointed arch formed on an acute-angled triangle, the radii greater than the span.
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Flattened elliptical, or straight head with only the angles rounded.
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Conviction of treason or felony and resulting in forfeiture of rights and property.
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1) An improved hand-gun, either a match-lock or wheel-lock.
2) A matchlock firearm originally manufactured in Germany in the mid-fifteenth century (from hakenbüsche).
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A large land grant by a ruler to a member of his family. Usually not hereditary. Holder usually had rights of internal administration and local tax revenue but owed military service to his superior and was allowed no independence in foreign affairs.
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A cupboard in a church in which to lock up sacred vessels, etc. (O. F. armarie; L. armaria, -um, a cupboard, originally for arms).
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The followers of the Old Man of the Mountain, were so-called because they were addicted to the drug "hashish", which kept them in the requisite state of intoxication to perform their atrocious deeds. The modern meaning of the word is derived from their habit of committing violent murders.
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A leader; term used in a variety of ways. Sometimes pertained to the Greek landed nobility.
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