Across
- 2. land granted to a vassal in exchange for loyalty and service
- 6. a person who buys and sells goods
- 7. tiny rings of metal used to create armor
- 8. knight who promised to support a lord in exchange for land
- 10. In feudal Europe, a person who controlled land and could therefore grant estates to vassals
Down
- 1. a man who received honor and land in exchange for serving a lord as a soldier
- 3. another name for Middle Ages
- 4. a system of government based on landowner and tenants
- 5. the ceremony by which a man became a vassal and thus eligible for a fief
- 9. an agricultural laborer bound under the feudal system to work on his lord's estate