The Middle Ages

2. A water filled ditch around the castle walls
4. A wooden arched device used to launch arrows
5. A mechanical device used to launch arrows.
6. Noblemen who went into battle on horseback, dressed in armour
8. To leave a field empty
10. Group of knights fighting with blunt swords and lances.
11. First stage of a boy training to be a knight, learned to ride a horse, use a sword, sing, dance, have good manners
13. Had to work without wages
15. The king’s followers
16. A blunt metal weapon

1. On the helmet to allow better vision
3. When two knights in full armour galloped towards each other with the aim of knocking each other off .
5. A code of honour that said that a knight should be a brave and have good manners.
7. The second stage of a boy training to be a knight, learned to fight on horseback, went to war with lord, helped with armour and weapons
8. Peasants worked and farmed the land, from dawn till dusk, high taxes
9. The ceremony which a squire officially becomes a knight
12. System/ How the land was owned during the Middle Ages
14. A long spear with a pointed tip used for battle and jousting