Across
- 2. A country, state, or territory ruled by a king or queen
- 3. A man who served his sovereign or lord as a mounted soldier in armor.
- 5. A defensive wall of a castle or walled city, having a broad top with a walkway and typically a stone parapet.
- 6. The body of all people ordained for religious duties
- 7. An object surviving from an earlier time
- 14. The principal church of a diocese, with which the bishop is officially associated.
- 15. 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.
- 16. A member of a religious community of women, especially a cloistered one, living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
- 18. The female ruler of an independent state, especially one who inherits the position by right of birth.
- 19. A sporting event in which two knights jousted on horseback with blunted weapons,trying to knock the other off, the winner receives a prize.
- 20. A male holding the highest hereditary title in the British and certain other peerages.
- 22. A holder of land by feudal tenure on conditions of homage and allegiance.
- 24. A professional joker or “fool” at a medieval court, typically wearing a cap with bells on it and carrying a mock scepter
- 26. The medieval knightly system with its religious, moral, and social code.
- 27. A deep, wide ditch surrounding a castle, fort, or town, typically filled with water and intended as a defense against attack.
- 28. An agricultural laborer bound under the feudal system to work on his lord's estate
- 30. A unit of land, originally a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and lands rented to tenants
Down
- 1. A system in which people were given land and protection by people of higher rank, and worked and fought for them in return.
- 4. Belonging to a heredity class with high social or political status; aristocrat
- 6. 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
- 8. Someone having power authority or influence; a master or ruler
- 9. A type of fortified tower built within castles
- 10. The son of a monarch.
- 11. 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.
- 12. The daughter of a monarch.
- 13. The system by which coats of arms and other armorial bearings are devised, described, and regulated.
- 14. A large building, typically of the medieval period, fortified against attack with thick walls, battlements, towers, and in many cases a moat.
- 17. A poor farmer of low social status who owns or rents a small piece of land for cultivation (chiefly in historical use or with reference to subsistence farming in poorer countries)
- 21. The male ruler of an independent state, especially one who inherits the position by right of birth
- 23. A person or company involved in wholesale trade, especially one dealing with foreign countries or supplying merchandise to a particular trade.
- 25. The action of buying and selling goods and services.
- 27. A member of a religious community of men typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
- 29. An estate of land, especially one held on condition of feudal service.