Across
- 2. Someone who rents land from a lord or noble.
- 5. What a lord offered to his vassals and serfs in exchange for services.
- 7. Land granted by a lord to a vassal in exchange for loyalty and service.
- 8. A social, economic, and political system based on land and loyalty.
- 10. A fortified building where a lord and his family lived for protection.
- 13. The lord's estate, which included villages, fields, and a manor house.
- 14. A person who pledged loyalty to a lord in exchange for land.
Down
- 1. A warrior who served a lord in exchange for land and protection.
- 3. A formal ceremony where a vassal pledged loyalty to a lord.
- 4. A peasant bound to work on the lord's land in return for protection.
- 6. A person who worked the land but did not own it.
- 9. The manager of a lord’s estate or manor.
- 11. A noble who owns land and grants fiefs to vassals.
- 12. A solemn promise of loyalty made by a vassal to a lord.
