This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Medieval History has 31 clues. Answers range from 3 to 14 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
A system of land ownership and division of Power in Middle Ages
The person with the most power in Medieval times
The countryside estate owned by a knight or lord
The person responsible for collecting taxes and keeping law and order in a manor
Each family in the village had a _ _ _ _ of land to grow crops and vegetables
This peasant worked in the manor, paid rent to the lord, paid a tithe to the local priest, got paid by the lord and could leave when he wanted
This peasant was owned by the lord. He worked 6 days a week and was given a small plot of land and house. He could not leave.
If this peasant escaped for a ______________________ he would become free.
a wooden type of castle in Medieval Times
A safe and secure place where the lord/king slept in a castle
The castle was surrounded by a deep ditch filled with water. This was called a
when an army would surround a castle and wait for surrender
a soldier in medieval times with a bow and arrow
first stage of becoming a knight
second stage of becoming a knight
a knight would take an oath of ___________. He promised to be loyal brave and protect the weak and poor.
a town needed a __________ from a king. Here the town was allowed to run its own affairs but had to pay taxes to the king.
streets were mainly ____________ in medieval towns
You were guaranteed this building in every medieval town and village
people through their rubbish and sewerage onto the ____________
homes were very overcrowded and located close beside each other. This spread
Towns imposed this in order for people to extinguish their fires at sundown
This epidemic killed off 1/3 of population in Middle Ages
Many people believed that the plague was punishment from _ _ _
Many of peoples treatments for the plague were very
all medieval towns were surrounded by _ _ _ _ _. This was to protect the twonspeople
carpenters, blacksmiths, stonemasons, butchers and bakers were all examples of what in medieval towns
images were on signs outside of shops in medieval times instead of writing because many people were
in order to become a master-craftsman you had to create a
first stage of becoming a master-craftsman
second stage of becoming a master-craftsman