Across
- 5. The enclosed area of a castle where soldiers lived
- 6. The building in a castle where the lord & lady lived
- 8. A basic soldier, peasants with little armour
- 10. The people who conquered England in 1066 AD
- 11. A peasant who had to follow stricter rules and work for free for the lord
- 14. The type of village a peasant lived in, owned by a lord or knight
- 15. The man-made hill in a motte-and-bailey castle
- 17. The large walls which surrounded a castle
- 18. First stage of becoming a knight, age 7-14
- 20. A promise a knight had to swear, to be brave and good
- 22. The flat loaves of bread that lords used as plates at feasts
Down
- 1. The time period from 500 AD 1500 AD
- 2. Second stage of becoming a knight, age 14-21
- 3. The system of land ownership and classes in medieval times
- 4. A farmer who worked the lord's land, what most people were
- 7. A game played at tournaments where knights tried to knock each other off horses using lances
- 9. The door to a castle which could be lifted or lowered
- 12. The material lords and ladies made their clothes from, to show off their wealth
- 13. A soldier who wore armour, fought on horseback and was a noble
- 16. A tax peasants paid to the church, 10% of their money or crops
- 19. Soldiers who used a bow and arrows
- 21. A peasant who didn't have tp follow as many rules
