World History
Across
- 4. a woman who vows to dedicate her life to religious service, typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience in the enclosure of a monastery or convent.
- 5. a titled peer of the realm or an aristocrat.
- 7. a series of religious wars between Christians and Muslims started primarily to secure control of holy sites considered sacred by both groups.
- 11. person who served his lord as a mounted and heavily armed soldier
- 12. a member of the household of a nobleman or a monarch employed to entertain guests during the medieval and Renaissance eras.
- 13. a type of moveable bridge typically at the entrance to a castle or tower surrounded by a moat.
- 16. a vassal's source of income, held from his lord in exchange for services.
- 21. wife or widow of a king.
- 22. anyone who is involved in business or trade
- 23. A defensive mound of earth or a wall with a broad top and usually a stone parapet; a wall-like ridge of earth, stones or debris; an embankment for defensive purpose.
- 25. man who separates himself from society and lives either alone (a hermit or anchorite) or in an organized community in order to devote himself full time to religious life.
- 27. usually comprised of tracts of agricultural land, a village whose inhabitants worked that land, and a manor house where the lord who owned or controlled the estate lived
- 28. the transfer of goods and services from one person or entity to another, often in exchange for money.
- 29. to imply something wearisome or challenging.
- 31. a code of honor that emphasized bravery, loyalty, and generosity for knights at war in the 11th and 12th centuries.
- 33. a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family.
Down
- 1. one having power and authority over others
- 2. the sovereign ruler of a small state in Continental Europe called a duchy
- 3. a chivalrous competition or mock fight in the Middle Ages and Renaissance (12th to 16th centuries).
- 6. the strongest portion of the fortification of a castle, the place of last resort in case of siege or attack.
- 8. an unfree person, esp one bound to the land.
- 9. system,a type of social and political system in which landholders provide land to tenants in exchange for their loyalty and service.
- 10. a person who reigns over a kingdom or empire
- 11. supreme ruler, sovereign over a nation or a territory, of higher rank than any other secular ruler except an emperor, to whom a king may be subject.
- 14. a piece of land that is ruled by a king or a queen
- 15. a female member of a royal family, usually the daughter of a king or queen or the wife of a prince.
- 17. science and the art that deal with the use, display, and regulation of hereditary symbols employed to distinguish individuals, armies, institutions, and corporations
- 18. medieval stronghold, generally the residence of the king or lord of the territory in which it stands.
- 19. a body of ordained ministers in a Christian church
- 20. the rural poor, rural residents, serfs, agricultural laborers, and the “common” or. “simple” people.
- 24. a depression surrounding a castle, city wall, or other fortification, usually but not always filled with water
- 26. a church that contains the cathedra (Latin for 'seat') of a bishop
- 30. a surviving memorial of something past
- 32. ,one invested with a fief in return for services to an overlord.