Middle Ages
Across
- 1. a gift, usually land, given by a lord to a vassal (tenant) in exchange for loyalty and service
- 5. the aristocracy, hereditary privileged class
- 7. Agricultural workers who were tied to the land and owed obligations to the manorial lord
- 9. another word for the middle ages, history between 5th and 15th century
- 10. a person holding the highest hereditary title of nobility
Down
- 2. member of the nobility
- 3. a person who holds land for a lord, and in return pledges loyalty and service to him
- 4. noble who owns land
- 6. people of the church
- 8. system the social system that developed in Europe in the 8th century; vassals were protected by lords who they had to serve in war