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chamfer

History; Medieval

# Surface created by removing a square edge obliquely. # Bevel, plane formed by cut-off angle.

castle-guard

History; Medieval

Feudal obligation to serve in the garrison of a castle, either for a period each year or during war.

black monks

History; Medieval

A common name for members of the Benedictine Order derived from the color of the habits.

baron

History; Medieval

A vassal who holds directly from the crown and serves as a member of the king's great council. It is not, of itself, a title, but rather a description of the Tenants in Chief class of nobility.

bezant

History; Medieval

A coin first struck at Byzantium (in other words Constantinople). There were gold bezants, varying in value between a sovereign and a half-sovereign, and silver ones worth from a florin to a ...

A member of a dualistic, heretical sect that arose in Bulgaria in the mid-tenth century and spread beyond Bulgaria into the Byzantine Empire, and from there along the Mediterranean to the south of ...