Across
- 2. These women organized households and parties for the nobility.
- 4. This historical period stretched from the fall of the Roman Empire to the start of the Renaissance.
- 7. This group sold items people couldn’t make themselves, often traveling far.
- 8. The dominant religious institution that controlled every aspect of life.
- 12. This group created goods like furniture and tools, sometimes renting or owning land.
- 13. These people laboured for both themselves and the landowner, essentially “owned” by the landowner.
- 15. worked the land to yield food, fuel, wool and other resources
- 16. Another name for the Middle Ages, when few achievements were made.
Down
- 1. This period marked the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity in the 15th–16th centuries.
- 3. This group planted crops and raised animals to feed everyone.
- 5. Who defended the Catholic Church because their power came from God’s blessing?
- 6. Warriors were the “muscle” of the Middle Ages, protecting castles and nobles.
- 9. System ranking people or groups one above another according to authority.
- 10. This group governed the lands and promised to defend it against conquerors.
- 11. A system of legal and military customs based on landholding in exchange for service.
- 14. Land granted in exchange for service and loyalty
