The Age of Charlemagne and Feudalism

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Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. Tough more-or-less rigid protective covering of an animal or plant (5)
  2. 4. United States operatic soprano (plural) (7)
  3. 6. Any of the Scandinavian people who raided the coasts of Europe from the 8th to the 11th centuries (plural) (7)
  4. 9. A piece of land held under the feudal system (4)
  5. 10. A member of the ___ (10)
  6. 12. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages (8)
  7. 14. A nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right (plural) (8)
  8. 16. Large fortified home of a king or queen (6)

Down

  1. 1. Title for a master or for God (plural) (5)
  2. 2. Male ruler of a kingdom (plural) (5)
  3. 5. A believer in or follower of Islam (plural) (7)
  4. 7. Originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry (plural) (7)
  5. 8. The social system that developed in Europe in the 8th century (9)
  6. 11. The medieval principles governing knighthood and knightly conduct (8)
  7. 13. A person holding a fief (plural) (7)
  8. 15. A commitment to tell the truth (4)