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  2. Category:Medieval occupations - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version ... sidebar hide. Help. Occupations during the Middle Ages Subcategories. This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 ...

  3. Hayward (profession) - Wikipedia

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    Hayward, or "hedge warden", was an officer of an English parish dating from the Middle Ages in charge of fences and enclosures; also, a herdsman in charge of cattle and other animals grazing on common land. Their main job was to protect the crops of the village from livestock.

  4. Middle Ages - Wikipedia

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    Middle Ages c. AD 500 – 1500 A medieval stained glass panel from Canterbury Cathedral, c. 1175 – c. 1180, depicting the Parable of the Sower, a biblical narrative Including Early Middle Ages High Middle Ages Late Middle Ages Key events Fall of the Western Roman Empire Spread of Islam Treaty of Verdun East–West Schism Crusades Magna Carta Hundred Years' War Black Death Fall of ...

  5. Open-field system - Wikipedia

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    The open-field system was the prevalent agricultural system in much of Europe during the Middle Ages and lasted into the 20th century in Russia, Iran, and Turkey. [1] Each manor or village had two or three large fields, usually several hundred acres each, which were divided into many narrow strips of land.

  6. Medieval and early modern Africa - Wikipedia

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    Each acquired region was assigned a local administrator. Families served in king-making capacities. Oyo, as a northern Yoruba kingdom, served as middle-man in the north–south trade and connecting the eastern forest of Guinea with the western and central Sudan, the Sahara, and North Africa. The Yoruba manufactured cloth, ironware, and pottery ...

  7. Husbandman - Wikipedia

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    A husbandman in England in the Middle Ages and the early modern period was a small landowner.The social status of a husbandman was below that of a yeoman.The meaning of "husband" in this term is "master of house" rather than "married man".

  8. Labours of the Months - Wikipedia

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    Untypically, this illustration to Pietro de' Crescenzi's farming manual shows all 12 labours, French, late 15th century.. The contents of cycles varied with date, location, and the purpose of the work.

  9. Outline of the Middle Ages - Wikipedia

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    Middle Ages – periodization of European history from the 5th century to the 15th century. The Middle Ages follows the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 and precedes the Early Modern Era . It is the middle period of a three-period division of Western history: Classic , Medieval and Modern .