Middle Ages

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Across
  1. 5. The enclosed area of a castle where soldiers lived
  2. 6. The building in a castle where the lord & lady lived
  3. 8. A basic soldier, peasants with little armour
  4. 10. The people who conquered England in 1066 AD
  5. 11. A peasant who had to follow stricter rules and work for free for the lord
  6. 14. The type of village a peasant lived in, owned by a lord or knight
  7. 15. The man-made hill in a motte-and-bailey castle
  8. 17. The large walls which surrounded a castle
  9. 18. First stage of becoming a knight, age 7-14
  10. 20. A promise a knight had to swear, to be brave and good
  11. 22. The flat loaves of bread that lords used as plates at feasts
Down
  1. 1. The time period from 500 AD 1500 AD
  2. 2. Second stage of becoming a knight, age 14-21
  3. 3. The system of land ownership and classes in medieval times
  4. 4. A farmer who worked the lord's land, what most people were
  5. 7. A game played at tournaments where knights tried to knock each other off horses using lances
  6. 9. The door to a castle which could be lifted or lowered
  7. 12. The material lords and ladies made their clothes from, to show off their wealth
  8. 13. A soldier who wore armour, fought on horseback and was a noble
  9. 16. A tax peasants paid to the church, 10% of their money or crops
  10. 19. Soldiers who used a bow and arrows
  11. 21. A peasant who didn't have tp follow as many rules