Across
- 1. a person who receives land from a ruler and in return promises to fight for the ruler
- 4. business
- 5. a person on a journey for the purpose of spreading a particular religious belief
- 6. an area of land or property
- 8. a member of a religious community of men who promises to live very simply
- 9. a soldier on horseback who serves a king or other ruler.
- 10. the bishop's church; any large and important church
- 13. a plot of land exchanged for loyalty to a ruler.
- 15. a prayer of support protection and approval for someone
- 16. powerful families that held fiefs and titles
- 20. a book or document written by hand
- 22. a person who leads and directs something, such as a project or business
- 23. needing no help from others to live or survive.
- 25. a partnership of different countries, organizations, or people who agree to work together
- 26. the name for the religious ceremony in which Catholics celebrate their relationship with God
Down
- 2. the sacred writings of a religion
- 3. a place where a community of monks live
- 5. a large country house and its surrounding land
- 7. a person living on a feudal estate who was required to work for the lord on the manor
- 11. a person with power and influence who controls land.
- 12. a community of nuns, or women who live a simple, religious life.
- 14. the leader of a monastery
- 17. something that provides what is needed to grow and live
- 18. relating to the Middle Ages in Europe
- 19. a group of houses and buildings, smaller than a town in a rural area
- 20. to lead and direct; to run something, such as a project
- 21. to put a crown on someone's head in a ceremony, making him or her king, queen, or emperor of a certain area
- 24. a system of government in which land is exchanged for loyalty and services
