Wales glossary
Wales glossary
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VassalA person who acknowledged another as an overlord and was bound by obligations to that overlord. | |
VilleinAn unfree agricultural peasant, bound to provide labour service for his lord in return for a small land holding. | |
VivariesGame pens. | |
Volney, Constantin de(1757–1820) French aristocrat, author of Les Ruines, ou Méditations sur les Revolutions des Empires (1791), a work advocating equality of all men, the overthrow of despotism, and religious toleration. | |
VoltaireanFollower of the doctrines of the French philosopher, Voltaire (1694–1778), one of the great figures of the Enlightenment. | |
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Wakes WeeksTraditional factory holidays in Lancashire and Yorshire when all factories and businesses closed down at the same time. The timing varied from town to town. | |
Wallia puraThe areas of Wales not settled by Normans or English, remaining in the hands of the native Welsh. | |
Wars of the RosesCivil wars of the fifteenth century in England. | |
WEAWorkers’ Educational Association – provides classes in a wide variety of subjects for adult workers. | |