Across
- 2. The political and social system of medieval Europe based on land and loyalty
- 5. A peasant bound to the land and required to serve a lord
- 9. A religious journey to a holy site
- 11. The code of honour and behaviour for medieval knights
- 12. A young person learning a trade from a skilled master
- 15. A military tactic of surrounding a castle or town to force surrender
- 17. A person who swore loyalty to a lord in exchange for land protection
- 18. A church tax that required peasants to give one-tenth of their produce
- 20. A messenger or official announcer, often at tournaments
- 22. A religious community where monks lived, worked and prayed
- 23. The symbol of authority worn by a king or queen
Down
- 1. A contest between knights on horseback using lances
- 3. A king or queen who ruled a medieval kingdom
- 4. A series of religious wars between Christians and Muslims for control of the Holy Land
- 5. A young noble who served a knight and trained to become one
- 6. A mounted warrior who served a lord in return for land
- 7. The plague that killed millions in Europe during the 14th century
- 8. A noble who owned land and had authority over vassals and peasants
- 10. Land granted to a vassal by a lord
- 13. The first stage of a boy’s training to become a knight
- 14. A medieval organisation of craftsmen or merchants
- 16. A large and important Christian church often led by a bishop
- 19. A fortified building built for protection and defence
- 21. The most common form of plague spread by fleas on rats
- 22. The estate or landholding controlled by a medieval lord