medieval crossword

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Across
  1. 2. Code of conduct for knights (honour, bravery, respect)
  2. 6. A person who serves a lord in return for land
  3. 7. Protective walls on a castle
  4. 11. A peasant bound to the land, working for a lord
  5. 12. A competition between knights
  6. 13. A military blockade of a castle or town
  7. 14. Money collected by rulers
  8. 17. A widespread deadly disease
  9. 21. A powerful medieval weapon
  10. 22. Manuscript – Decorated handwritten book
  11. 25. Death – A deadly plague in Europe during the 1300s
  12. 27. A fortified building where lords lived
  13. 29. A system where land is exchanged for service and loyalty
  14. 30. A water-filled ditch around a castle
  15. 32. A place where monks live
  16. 33. A high-ranking noble
  17. 34. A person learning a trade
  18. 36. A church leader responsible for religious services
  19. 38. King or queen who rules a country
  20. 40. A trained soldier who serves a lord
  21. 42. Symbols and coats of arms
  22. 43. A bridge that can be raised or lowered
  23. 44. A place to buy and sell goods
  24. 45. Charter – Document allowing a town to govern itself
  25. 46. The strongest tower in a castle
Down
  1. 1. A journey to a sacred place
  2. 2. A person without noble status
  3. 3. A document granting rights or privileges
  4. 4. A noble ranking below an earl
  5. 5. An expert in a trade
  6. 8. A social class (nobility, clergy, peasants)
  7. 9. Land granted by a lord to a vassal
  8. 10. A woman who lives a religious life in a convent
  9. 15. Carta – A document limiting the king’s power (1215)
  10. 16. Protective metal clothing worn by knights
  11. 17. A poor farmer of low social status
  12. 18. A man who lives a religious life in a monastery
  13. 19. A senior Church official
  14. 20. An organisation of workers or craftsmen
  15. 23. A noble who owns land and grants it to others
  16. 24. Exclusion from the Church community
  17. 26. Religious wars for control of holy lands
  18. 28. A contest between two mounted knights
  19. 31. A trained worker not yet a master
  20. 35. A place where nuns live
  21. 37. A tax paid to the Church (usually 10%)
  22. 38. A lord’s estate or landholding
  23. 39. Religious leaders of the Church
  24. 41. Buying and selling goods