Across
- 3. A youth who assists a knight and learns the skills of warfare
- 4. A young boy who begins knight training by serving a noble household
- 6. This small village near the manor’s mill was home to serfs
- 10. Knights became symbols of the feudal world’s strength and this
- 12. Someone who pledges loyalty and service to a lord in return for land or protection
- 13. Most knights began training at about this age
- 14. Serfs lived and worked on this estate owned by a noble
Down
- 1. A parcel of land granted to a vassal by a lord
- 2. Knights served these three masters the Church their lord and this ruler
- 5. Protective metal clothing worn by knights in battle
- 7. A tax or offering usually one-tenth of one’s goods paid to the Church
- 8. The knightly code of honor courage and courtesy
- 9. A tournament contest where knights charge each other with lances
- 11. Serfs were bound to the land but could not be sold apart from it
- 14. Serfs needed permission from their lord to do this