Medieval Crossword

4. these were a set of principles which governed knightly conduct and how a knight should act
7. a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time
8. a person in a condition of feudal servitude, required to render services to a lord, commonly attached to the lord's land and transferred with it from one owner to another.
9. a mounted man-at-arms serving a feudal superior
11. a person regarded as having a mutual obligation to a lord or monarch
13. a type of social and political system in which landholders provide land to tenants in exchange for their loyalty and service.
16. the most common form of a plague in humans; destroyed almost 1/3 of the population of Asia and Europe

1. relating to or belonging to the middle ages
2. a formal association of people with similar interests
3. serves and attends his lord; takescare of armour and weapons.
4. a large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified against attack
5. a piece of land held under the feudal system
6. was a trade route that went from China to Eastern Europe. It went along the northern borders of China, India, and Persia and ended up in Eastern Europe near today's Turkey and the Mediterranean Sea.
10. occurring over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or continents) and typically affecting a significant proportion of the population
12. One of the expeditions in which medieval Christian warriors sought to recover control of the Holy Land from Muslims
14. agricultural estates in the Middle Ages, owned by a Lord and run by serfs or peasants.
15. A child started training at the age of 7, he will begin learning about obedience, manners, and other important skills