Across
- 2. plowed but with nothing planted for a period in order to restore the land’s fertility
- 4. a system of government in which land is exchanged for loyalty and services
- 6. a group of craftspeople who control a certain craft
- 8. having the power of self-government
- 9. an area of land or property
- 10. a person who receives land from a ruler and in return promises to fight for the ruler
- 13. a social structure marked by the dominance of the father in the family
- 14. powerful families that hold fiefs and titles
- 17. relating to the Middle Ages in Europe
- 18. a person with power and influence who controls land given to them by a king
- 19. in a Christian church, people, such as priests, who carry out religious duties
Down
- 1. decorated by hand with designs
- 3. a plot of land exchanged for loyalty to a ruler
- 5. the upper or noble class whose members’ status is usually inherited
- 7. an organization that has existed for a long time and promotes a particular cause
- 11. a person living on a feudal estate who was required to work for the lord of the manor
- 12. a soldier on horseback who serves a king or other ruler
- 15. the ability to read
- 16. a large country house and its surrounding land