Across
- 1. a man who separates himself from ordinary human society in order to pursue a life of total dedication to God
- 3. owned lands, powerful upper nobility.
- 4. Peasants on a manor; they were bound to the land; they were not slaves who could be bought and sold—still they were not free
- 6. A code that knights adopted in the late Middle Ages; requiring them to be brave, loyal and true to their word; they had to fight fairly in battle
- 8. made for defense and had lasting supplies and many people
- 9. head of a convent
- 12. A mounted warrior who had great prestige in the Middle Ages; they dominated warfare in Europe
Down
- 1. Lords domain
- 2. These were local lords at the bottom of the lordship hierarchy. They served the superior lords in a military position.
- 5. Ages 500-1500 political, social, economic decline (beginning of middle ages was the end of roman empire)
- 6. Military expeditions to gain (regain) the Holy Land from the Muslims (from 11th to the 13th centuries)
- 7. A government in which power is in the hands of a single person (used during the middle ages).
- 10. Another term for "classes" of people like the clergy (first estate), nobles (second estate), townspeople & peasants (third estate).
- 11. a female who dedicates her life to God; avoids the things of the world