Medieval Glossary
Across
- 2. A knight in training
- 4. A warrior who rode a horse and wore heavy metal armor
- 5. Carta A document forced upon King John of England by his barons
- 6. Religious wars between the Christians and Muslims for control of the Holy Land
- 8. System A system of government where the king allotted land to his lords and barons
- 9. A defensive fortification where a lord or king would live
- 10. A peasant who worked the land for the local lord
- 11. The code by which knights pledged to live
- 12. A religious area or group of buildings where monks lived
- 13. Empire The eastern half of the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages
Down
- 1. People who came from Scandinavia in Northern Europe
- 3. Someone who pledges their allegiance to a lord.
- 6. King of the Franks and the first Holy Roman Emperor
- 7. Death A deadly disease that spread through much of Europe during the Middle Ages
- 8. An area of land given to a lord or baron by a king to rule.