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English Glossary

Vallum: walls and ditches built as a defence.


 * Vassal:** a person granted an estate or cash payments in return for accepting the obligation to render services to a lord.

Vestment: special clothes worn during religious ceremonies.

Vingtième: a tax of one-twentieth of the value of land, paid yearly to the pre-revolutionary French government.

Visor: hinged shield attached to a helmet to protect the eyes.

Vulgate: the Latin translation of the Bible by Jerome (348-420 AD) that became the standard bible used by the Catholic Church.