Medieval Crossword
Across
- 2. The medieval knightly system and code that knights lived by
- 6. Heavy lowering grate used to block gatehouse entrance
- 8. Medieval association of craftsmen and merchants
- 9. Fought for a lord in return for land
- 10. Top of the feudal pyramid
- 11. A contraption which would fire heavy objects to destroy walls
- 13. Two-handed combat weapon with a cruciform hilt and a long blade
- 14. Large, fortified building with various defenses
Down
- 1. A castle defense that allows people to cross a moat
- 3. An agricultural laborer that worked for a knight
- 4. Social system where vassals served a lord and received protection and land
- 5. Crenellations and Merlons atop curtain walls or towers
- 6. Contagious bacterial disease
- 7. Home of a lord and his family
- 12. Weapon used by infantry which shot bolts instead of arrows