Middle Ages

2. The distinctive heraldic bearings or shield of a person, family, corporation, or country.
3. One of the most devastating pandemics in human history, resulting in the deaths of an estimated 75 to 200 million people and peaking in Europe in the years 1346–53.
6. A female who dedicates her life to God; avoids the things of the world
8. Business associations that dominated medieval towns; they passed laws, levied taxes, built protective walls for the city, etc. Each guild represented workers in one occupation such as weavers, bakers, brewers, sword makers, etc.
10. The ranking of people in the middle ages
11. A surname
12. A member of a powerful military caste in feudal Japan, especially a member of the class of military retainers of the daimyos.
13. A private stronghold also used as an occasional residence by the owner. Often, the castle would be occupied by a garrison and the owner would live in more comfort elsewhere.

1. The methods of training and standards of behavior for knights in the Middle Ages.
4. An armored warrior who fought on horseback
5. the title, rank, or status of a knight.
6. Possessing hereditary rank in a political system or social class derived from a feudalistic stage of a country's development
7. Time of medieval Europe from 500ce-1500ce
9. A government in which power is in the hands of a single person
10. a political and social system that developed during the Middle Ages; nobles offered protection and land in return for service