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Yeoman

The yeoman (/ˈjoʊ.mən/, YO-mən) social class of medieval and early modern England ranked between the peasantry and the landed gentry. The class was first documented in mid-14th century England, where it included people who cultivated their own land as well as the middle ranks of servants in an English royal or noble household.

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Etymology

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Yeomen in Late Middle/Early Modern English literature

Yeomen in 19th century Romanticism

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related to Other · 40
Yeoman → Agricultural History, Allen, April, Broad, Campbell, Change, Christine, Continuity, Copyholders, Economic Reforms, Enclosure, Eugene, Farmers, Freeholders, Hallas, John, JSTOR, Landownership Patterns, Midland Yeoman, Mildred
related to A Gest of Robyn Hode · 37
Yeoman → Disguised, During, Edward, Edward III, English, Gest, He, Hundred Years War, In, It, King Edward, King's Man, King's Seal, Latin, Middle English, Monk, Nevertheless, Norman French, Note, Our Father
related to Medieval meanings · 32
Yeoman → Black Death, Early Modern English, Edward Phillips' The New, Electors, England, English, English Renaissance, English Words, English-language, For, French, Gentleman, Greek, Hebrew, In, It, Knights, Late Middle English, Latin, Middle Ages
related to English Navy yeoman (to 1485) · 31
Yeoman → About, Anchors, Bayeux Tapestry, Before, Beryn, Cogs, During, Edward III, England, English, Hundred Years War, King, King Edward III, King Edward III's, King Henry VIII, King's, King's Ships, Merchant's Tale, Monk, Norman
related to Yeomen in Late Middle/Early Modern English literature · 31
Yeoman → Anglo-Norman, Because, Early Modern English, England's, English, English Channel, English-speaking, Following, Gest, He, Historical Context, Imagining Robin Hood, In, It, Late Middle English, Middle English, Norman French-speaking, Ohlgren, Pollard, Pollard's
related to A chivalric rank · 30
Yeoman → Abbey, Although Wilton Abbey, Bedford Castle, Benedictine, Between, But, Chronicon Vilodunense, Goscelin, He, Jerusalem, King Henry III, Latin, Life, Middle English, Miraculously, One, Originally, Part, Saint Edith, Siege
related to Sir Walter Scott · 28
Yeoman → American Revolution, Anglo-Saxons, Cedric, Conquest, England, English, French Revolution, Gest, Gurth, His, However, It, Ivanhoe, Joseph Ritson's Robin Hood, Locksley, Norman, Robin Hood, Robyn Hode, Romance, Scott
related to Attendant or assistant to an official (ca 14th–17th centuries) · 24
Yeoman → Besides, Controller, Court, English, Household, Household Ordinance, King Edward III, King Edward IV, Knight-Marshal, Marshalsea, Marshalsea Court, Of, One, Ordinance, Our, Some, Steward, Steward's, The, The Ordinance
related to The Yeomanry · 21
Yeoman → British Army, County Police Act, During, Eight, French, Great Britain, However, Imperial Yeomanry, In, King's Peace, Metropolitan Police Act, Municipal Corporations Act, Napoleon Bonaparte's, Second Boer War, Territorial Force, The, The British Volunteer Corps, Their, They, Volunteer Force
related to Yeoman Warder (16th century-present) · 18
Yeoman → Duke, During, Edward Seymour, Edward VI, Edward's, Guard, Henry, Henry's, King Henry VIII, London, Lord Protector, Realm, Seymour, Somerset, The Tower, This, Tower, When

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english yeomen robin king hood edward war century england henry first modern household navy social early time one hundred years

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Yeomanis acompound word made by joining two other words0.90text
Yeomanis aenlisted service member who performs administrative and clerical work.The Continental Navy was established by the Continental Congress in 17750.90text
John Mitchell Kembleinstance ofLinguists have been perplexed about the origin of yeo since scholars0.80text
Joseph Bosworth began the modern linguistic study of Old English in the early-to-mid-19th centuryinstance ofLinguists have been perplexed about the origin of yeo since scholars0.80text
Hebrewinstance ofand loan words from foreign languages0.80text
Greekinstance ofand loan words from foreign languages0.80text
Latininstance ofand loan words from foreign languages0.80text
or Frenchinstance ofand loan words from foreign languages0.80text
Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hoodinstance ofThe resulting storyline was reused in early films0.80text
Errol Flynn's The Adventures of Robin Hood.Pyle's visualinstance ofThe resulting storyline was reused in early films0.80text
verbal depiction of the outlaw yeoman Robin Hood has become a 20th-century popular culture iconinstance ofThe resulting storyline was reused in early films0.80text
Yeomanrelated to A chivalric rankOne0.60section

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