The Medieval World Chapter 1 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. plowed but with nothing planted for a period in order to restore the land’s fertility.
  2. 3. a person living on a feudal estate who was required to work for the lord of the manor.
  3. 9. a system of government in which land is exchanged for loyalty and services.
  4. 11. decorated by hand with designs
  5. 12. a group of craftspeople who control a certain craft
  6. 15. the upper or noble class whose member’ status is usually inherited.
  7. 16. a social structure marked by the dominance of the father in the family.
  8. 17. relating to the Middle Ages in Europe.
  9. 18. powerful families that hold fiefs and titles
Down
  1. 2. having the power of self government
  2. 4. an area of land or property
  3. 5. in a Christian church, people, such as priests, who carry our religious duties.
  4. 6. the ability to read
  5. 7. a large country house and its surrounding land
  6. 8. a person with power and influence who controls land given to them by a kind
  7. 9. a plot of land exchanged for loyalty to a ruler.
  8. 10. a person who receives land from a ruler and in return promises to fight for the ruler.
  9. 13. an organization that has existed for a long time and promotes a particular cause.
  10. 14. a soldier on horseback who serves a king or other ruler