Words Week XIII
ARCHER JONES, The Art of War in the
Western World
OFFA'S DYKE
DANEWIRKE
ALFRED, KING OF WESSEX & "ENGLAND" (d. 899)
HENRY I "The Fowler", KING OF EAST FRANCIA
BURHS/BURGI
BURGHAL HIDAGE ?893
"DEFENSE IN DEPTH"
DANEGELD
FIDELITY OATH ("Fealty")
"TREASON", "FELONY"
VASSALS
ASSIZE OF ARMS 1181
ACT FOR THE MAYNTENNANCE OF ARTYLLERIE 1547
COMITATUS (= 1. companions of a Late Roman or Early Medieval Lord; 2.
county or shire)
HARRYING STRATEGY
JOUST
STIRRUPS
"CHANSON DE GESTE" (Epic poem of deeds, as opposed to
ROMANCE)
LYNN WHITE Jr., Medieval Technology and
Social Change (1964)
VEGETIUS FEIGNED
RETREAT PIKES
CALTROPS
HOST (O Fr. "Ost")
SIEGE ENGINES TRACTION
TREBUCHET
PEEL TOWERS CASTLES