Across
- 3. a series of contests between a number of competitors, who compete for an overall prize.
- 5. daughter of a monarch
- 7. a male holding the highest hereditary title in the British and certain other peerages.
- 8. an estate of land, especially one held on condition of feudal service.
- 9. a man suited in armor
- 11. a large country house with lands; the principal house of a landed estate.
- 12. the principal church of a diocese, with which the bishop is officially associated.
- 17. a person or company involved in wholesale trade, especially one dealing with foreign countries or supplying merchandise to a particular trade.
- 18. a sovereign head of state, especially a king, queen, or emperor.
- 20. each of a series of medieval military expeditions made by Europeans to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries.
- 22. belonging to a hereditary class with high social or political status; aristocratic.
- 25. an object surviving from an earlier time, especially one of historical or sentimental interest
- 28. a system in which people were given land and protection by people of higher rank
- 29. a deep, wide ditch surrounding a castle, fort, or town, typically filled with water and intended as a defense against attack.
- 30. the system by which coats of arms and other armorial bearings are devised, described, and regulated.
Down
- 1. the female ruler of an independent state
- 2. a compulsory contribution to state revenue, levied by the government on workers' income and business profits, or added to the cost of some goods, services, and transactions.
- 4. a poor farmer of low social status who owns or rents a small piece of land for cultivation
- 5. son of the monarch
- 6. the man ruler of an independent state
- 9. a country, state, or territory ruled by a king or queen.
- 10. a bridge, especially one over a castle's moat, that is hinged at one end so that it may be raised to prevent people's crossing or to allow vessels to pass under it.
- 11. a member of a religious community of men typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
- 13. the action of buying and selling goods and services.
- 14. prince or a sovereign
- 15. a large building, typically of the medieval period, fortified against attack with thick walls, battlements, towers, and in many cases a moat.
- 16. cause to continue in a specified condition, position, course, etc.
- 19. the medieval knightly system with its religious, moral, and social code.
- 21. an agricultural laborer
- 23. a holder of land by feudal tenure on conditions of homage and allegiance.
- 24. a defensive wall of a castle or walled city, having a broad top with a walkway and typically a stone parapet.
- 26. a member of a religious community of women, especially a cloistered one, living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
- 27. the body of all people ordained for religious duties, especially in the Christian Church.