History Puzzle

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  1. 3. a series of contests between a number of competitors, who compete for an overall prize.
  2. 5. daughter of a monarch
  3. 7. a male holding the highest hereditary title in the British and certain other peerages.
  4. 8. an estate of land, especially one held on condition of feudal service.
  5. 9. a man suited in armor
  6. 11. a large country house with lands; the principal house of a landed estate.
  7. 12. the principal church of a diocese, with which the bishop is officially associated.
  8. 17. a person or company involved in wholesale trade, especially one dealing with foreign countries or supplying merchandise to a particular trade.
  9. 18. a sovereign head of state, especially a king, queen, or emperor.
  10. 20. each of a series of medieval military expeditions made by Europeans to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries.
  11. 22. belonging to a hereditary class with high social or political status; aristocratic.
  12. 25. an object surviving from an earlier time, especially one of historical or sentimental interest
  13. 28. a system in which people were given land and protection by people of higher rank
  14. 29. a deep, wide ditch surrounding a castle, fort, or town, typically filled with water and intended as a defense against attack.
  15. 30. the system by which coats of arms and other armorial bearings are devised, described, and regulated.
Down
  1. 1. the female ruler of an independent state
  2. 2. a compulsory contribution to state revenue, levied by the government on workers' income and business profits, or added to the cost of some goods, services, and transactions.
  3. 4. a poor farmer of low social status who owns or rents a small piece of land for cultivation
  4. 5. son of the monarch
  5. 6. the man ruler of an independent state
  6. 9. a country, state, or territory ruled by a king or queen.
  7. 10. a bridge, especially one over a castle's moat, that is hinged at one end so that it may be raised to prevent people's crossing or to allow vessels to pass under it.
  8. 11. a member of a religious community of men typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
  9. 13. the action of buying and selling goods and services.
  10. 14. prince or a sovereign
  11. 15. a large building, typically of the medieval period, fortified against attack with thick walls, battlements, towers, and in many cases a moat.
  12. 16. cause to continue in a specified condition, position, course, etc.
  13. 19. the medieval knightly system with its religious, moral, and social code.
  14. 21. an agricultural laborer
  15. 23. a holder of land by feudal tenure on conditions of homage and allegiance.
  16. 24. a defensive wall of a castle or walled city, having a broad top with a walkway and typically a stone parapet.
  17. 26. a member of a religious community of women, especially a cloistered one, living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
  18. 27. the body of all people ordained for religious duties, especially in the Christian Church.