Across
- 2. a male holding the highest hereditary title in the British and certain other peerages
- 3. an object surviving from an earlier time, especially one of historical or sentimental interest
- 4. knights, noblemen, and horsemen collectively
- 7. a sporting event in which two knights (or two groups of knights) jousted on horseback with blunted weapons, each trying to knock the other off, the winner receiving a prize
- 9. the action of buying and selling goods and services
- 10. system - the political, military, and social system in medieval Europe, based on the holding of lands in fief or fee and on the resulting relations between lord and vassal
- 11. a country, state, or territory ruled by a king or queen
- 13. a vigorous campaign for political, social, or religious change
- 16. an agricultural laborer bound under the feudal system to work on his lord's estate
- 17. a defensive wall of a castle or walled city, having a broad top with a walkway and typically a stone parapet
- 18. 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
- 19. a professional joker or “fool” at a medieval court, typically wearing a cap with bells on it and carrying a mock scepter
- 20. a member of a religious community of men typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience
- 21. the body of all people ordained for religious duties, especially in the Christian Church
- 22. a noble who held land
- 23. raising money for royal and governmental expenses
- 26. belonging to a hereditary class with high social or political status; aristocratic
- 27. the male ruler of an independent state, especially one who inherits the position by right of birth
- 28. pre-industrial agricultural laborer or a farmer with limited land-ownership
- 30. a type of fortified tower built within castles during the Middle Ages by European nobility
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- 1. someone who sold goods. They often traveled from one village to another to sell or trade goods and services
- 5. the system by which coats of arms and other armorial bearings are devised, described, and regulated
- 6. - a large country house with lands; the principal house of a landed estate
- 8. a sovereign head of state, especially a king, queen, or emperor
- 10. an estate of land
- 12. a deep, wide ditch surrounding a castle, fort, or town, typically filled with water and intended as a defense against attack
- 13. the principal church of a diocese, with which the bishop is officially associated
- 14. a person who was granted possession of the land by the lord
- 15. the female ruler of an independent state, especially one who inherits the position by right of birth
- 21. a large building, typically of the medieval period, fortified against attack with thick walls, battlements, towers, and in many cases a moat
- 24. a man who served his sovereign or lord as a mounted soldier in armor
- 25. the daughter of a monarch
- 28. the son of a monarch
- 29. a member of a religious community of women, especially a cloistered one, living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience