Across
- 3. A person given special treatment
- 4. A ruler who uses power oppressively or unjustly
- 5. Criminal court sessions
- 8. Careless and lavish spending, wastefulness
- 9. Jewelry used, but not personally owned by the royal family.
- 11. A king, queen, emperor, or empress with unlimited power
- 13. The Great Charter, which guaranteed the English people certain civil rights and limited the powers of the monarch
- 15. Born of parents not married to each other; not recognized by law as an heir
- 16. A payment of one-tenth of a person's earnings
- 18. A ruler with unrestricted authority
- 19. A device consisting of a wooden board with holes for the head and arms, in which offenders were exposed to public scorn
- 21. A series of wars fought between Catholics and Protestants in Europe
- 22. A royal court where sessions were held in secret
- 23. A government where there is no king or queen; power rest with the citizens who vote to elect their leaders
- 25. A fleet of ships sent by Spain in 1588 to invade England
- 27. A follower of John Calvin, a leader of the Protestant Reformation
- 28. A document affirming specific rights for English citizens
- 29. A government that is controlled by the people who live under it
- 30. A literary work in which corruption, foolishness or abuses are held up to ridicule and contempt
- 32. Wagons of supplies, as well as people, needed to support an army
- 33. The legislative body in England
- 35. The official church in England. headed by the monarch
- 36. Legal and military customs that ordered society in medieval Europe
- 37. To plunge suddenly under water and out again
Down
- 1. To take goods by force
- 2. Any Christian not belonging to the Roman Catholic or Eastern Orthodox Church
- 6. False and malicious statements against the monarch, which are considered treason
- 7. A supporter of Charles I; derived from the French word chevalier, meaning "horseman"
- 10. An act forbidding anyone except members of the Church of England from holding political office or entering the professions
- 12. A form of government in which a monarch acts as head of state, but his or her powers are limited by a constitution
- 14. When two or more groups in a country fight each other for control of the country
- 17. To settle a dispute, with both sides giving up a part of what they demand
- 20. Settlement and control of the lands of others for the purpose of extracting resources
- 24. The rights of a citizen, such as safety, protection from discrimination and the right to vote
- 26. To give up or renounce
- 31. Strict laws, often printed on blue paper
- 34. A king or queen