Across
- 3. a person who travels often and recited poems that they wrote
- 6. ceremony where a peasant pays respect to a lord to create a lasting bond
- 7. a medieval entertainer who sang, played music, and more
- 10. land held freely by a peasant, as opposed to land owned by a lord
- 11. unpaid labor as an obligation towards feudal lords
- 12. infection that spread rapidly from 1347 to 1350
- 14. a group of small buildings where peasants usually lived
- 15. an italian scientist/polymath born in the 1500s
- 17. waited on knights and trained in battle to prove abilities
- 18. a person of high social status in the medieval ages
- 19. a person who worked under a lord, protecting his land
Down
- 1. men who were skilled at their work
- 2. land retained by a lord for his own use
- 3. traveling a long distance for religious purposes
- 4. a medieval musician who recited poetry to music
- 5. lasted about 1000 years until about 1450
- 8. lyricist who wrote about love from 11th to 15th centuries
- 9. early jousting tradition
- 13. a low status person who usually works in return for land
- 16. land that a lord owns