Across
- 2. an area of land or property
- 3. in a Christian church, people, such as priests, who carry out religious duties
- 7. decorated by hand with designs
- 8. social structure marked by the dominance of the father in the family
- 14. an organization that has existed for a long time and promotes a particular cause
- 15. plowed but with nothing planted for a period in order to restore the land's fertility
- 16. a person living on a feudal estate who was required to work for the lord of the manor
- 18. the ability to read
- 19. powerful families that hold fiefs and titles
Down
- 1. a system of government in which land is exchanged for loyalty and services
- 4. a person with power and influence who controls land given to them by a king
- 5. a group of craftspeople who control a certain craft
- 6. relating to the middle ages in europe
- 9. having the power of self government
- 10. a soldier on horseback who serves a king or other ruler
- 11. the upper or noble class whose members' status is usually inherited
- 12. a person who receives land from a ruler and in return promises to fight for that ruler
- 13. a plot of land exchanged for loyalty to a ruler
- 17. a large country house and its surrounding land