Across
- 1. Person given land by a lord in return for loyalty and military service
- 4. Code of honorable conduct for knights
- 6. Members of the upper class in Europe who had political and economic power
- 8. Churchmen with authority to perform religious services
- 10. Supreme ruler of a kingdom who help power over ruling lands and people
- 11. System in which land is held by vassals in exchange for loyalty to a Lord
- 15. Leader of the Catholic Church
- 16. Person who inherits a position or property
Down
- 2. Unpaid person training in a craft or trade
- 3. Economic system where lord of manor rented land to serfs & had legal authority over them
- 5. A contagious disease that killed many people during the Middle Ages
- 7. Peasant who is considered part of the manor where they work
- 8. A series of wars between Christians and Muslims to secure control of “Holy Land” in the Middle East
- 9. Organization of craft workers or tradesmen
- 12. Large estate with farms & villages ruled by a lord
- 13. Piece of land or office given to a vassal
- 14. Wealthy landowner who held power over people living on the land