The Crossword Crusaders
Across
- 3. A ranged weapon used by the Welsh Archers in the battle of Agincourt
- 4. Soldiers on horsebak
- 6. A German Nation that was a political entity in Western, Central, and Southern Europe that developed in the Early Middle Ages and continued until its dissolution in 1806 during the Napoleonic Wars.
- 7. The king who signed the Manga Carta
- 11. An empire centered around the city of Kiev
- 14. A saxon kingdom formed before England was founded
- 16. A plague that killed a third of the worlds population
- 17. A king of England during the 3rd crusade and was given the title, lion heart
- 18. A musician that plays in a band, history enthusiast, wears a hat 24/7.-
- 21. A group of merchants and/or artisans
- 23. The elite among Italian knights in the Middle Ages.
- 26. A helmet widely used by Christian crusaders
- 27. A bladed weapon carried by medieval foot soldiers
- 28. An Anglo-Saxon kingdom in the south of Great Britain, from 519 until England was unified by Æthelstan in 927
- 29. A bar or curved piece of metal connected to the hilt of a sword to protect the hand
Down
- 1. A bloody war between England and France
- 2. The leper king of Jerusalem
- 5. A Saxon kingdom that was annexed by Wessex.
- 8. a European polearm, consisting of a single-edged blade on the end of a pole. It is similar to the Japanese naginata
- 9. The Czar of Russia in 1462
- 10. An order of knights founded in Malta
- 12. A pole with one end sharpened or a sharp object attached to the end
- 13. A saint that fought in the battle of Orleans
- 15. An Asian kid, medieval enthusiast, wears a hat 24/7.
- 19. A member of the templar order
- 20. A successful Frankish Emperor
- 22. A helm worn by the Saxons, Scandinavian Kingdoms along with the Welsh, Scottish and British in battle
- 24. A series of wars between Christianity and Islam over Jerusalem
- 25. military campaigns that Christian kingdoms waged against the Moors from the 8th century until 1492, in order to retake—or reconquer—the Iberian territories which were lost due to the Umayyad conquest of Hispania