Across
- 4. political, economic and social system during the Middle Ages
- 5. inherited the right to rule
- 6. land loaned to a vassal by a king
- 7. king divided the land among powerful lords
- 8. a 7 year-old boy who was sent to live with another lord or knight for training
- 9. official ceremony in which a squire became a knight
- 11. consisted of people who held political, economic and social power
- 12. poor peasants
- 13. term used to describe Europe in the Middle Ages
- 14. A 14 year-old who looked after his lord's horse, armor and often he accompanied his lord into battle
- 16. work and produce the serf paid the lord
- 17. governments led by a king
Down
- 1. mock battles
- 2. nobles who served the lord as a mounted soldier in armor
- 3. term used to describe the time period between the fall of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance
- 7. Northmen or Norsemen of Scandinavia who invaded Europe
- 10. knights, kings, dukes, counts, barons and even bishops who had large landed estates and considerable political power
- 15. feudal farm
- 18. a knight's code of conduct