The Middle Ages

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