Medieval Europe Vocab

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Across
  1. 2. a person who receives field use in exchange for paying a lord with respect, obedience, and typically military service or its equivalent
  2. 4. The ideal lifestyle of a medieval knight, includes acts of valor, allegiance, and respect for ladies
  3. 7. the firstborn child's birthright of inheritance, particularly the feudal system in which land is inherited to the eldest son
  4. 9. European Christians have launched military campaigns to reclaim the Holy Land from Muslims.
  5. 11. an arrangement where citizens provided tax and services to monarchs and lords in exchange for their safety. Fiefs were lands distributed to vassals, who were the receivers of the land.
  6. 12. wealthy property owner
Down
  1. 1. a military combatant
  2. 3. A peasant is a subject who is typically bound to a lord's estate and forced to perform tasks for that master.
  3. 5. Property bestowed to a vassal by a Lord in return for service or loyalty
  4. 6. a facility used by a group of monks who take the oath to live in solitude there
  5. 8. being expelled from the church
  6. 10. a piece of property that belongs to a lord and grants him the authority to exercise certain rights, impose taxes, etc.