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- 2. These people ranked high in society and were known as nobles or the ruling class. They divided their lands with lesser-ranked nobles in return for taxes and service.
- 8. The knights own coat of arms
- 11. This was the system of farming used in the Middle ages.
- 14. This person ruled the land by ‘divine right’. This position was passed down through the family or taken forcefully in war.
- 21. This area was a meeting ground for villagers in the
- 22. How old a nobleman’s son was when he began his path to becoming a knight.
- 23. Edward the _____ was the King of England who passed away with no family to take over his role.
- 24. Children in the Middle Ages were treated as an adult from the age of ______.
- 25. There was one main ______ that ran through a village
- 26. A squire would usually be made a knight at the age of _________.
- 28. These people were on top of the social pyramid
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- 1. Every Sunday a villager attended a service called ______ in the church.
- 3. William the Conqueror was duke of ______.
- 4. At fifteen years of age a training page would progress to the next stage of becoming a knight called a _______.
- 5. This area in the manor was used by villagers for storing animals, collecting wood and plants.
- 6. A squire would be dubbed a knight after an elaborate ________.
- 7. Knights would hunt wild animals such as deer, _______, hare and pheasants to practice their fighting skills.
- 9. Medieval Europe was often referred to as __________ because just about everyone was a Christian.
- 10. This was the code of oath that knights followed.
- 12. The social hierarchy that organised society during the Middle Ages
- 13. The Catholic Church was central to people’s lives as everyone believed in the God and the _______.
- 15. The ________ was the name given to a Medieval village.
- 16. Within the three field system, one part of the land was for wheat, one was for barley and the third was left _______.
- 17. The battle of _______ Bridge
- 18. A _______ was a journey to a holy site.
- 19. Loyalty to another Lord
- 20. These people were on the bottom of the social pyramid
- 27. Women from nobility married as early as the age of ______.
- 28. The first step in becoming a knight
