King Arthur

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. A church associated with a monastery or convent (5)
  2. 5. Large fortified home of a king or queen (6)
  3. 6. Someone who enters by force in order to conquer (plural) (8)
  4. 7. The magician who acted as King Arthur's advisor (6)
  5. 9. Myths collectively (9)
  6. 10. Originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry (6)
  7. 12. A raised mark on the skin (plural) (5)
  8. 15. The state of being honored (6)
  9. 16. A combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances (5)

Down

  1. 2. An act of deliberate ___ (8)
  2. 3. The capital of King Arthur's kingdom (7)
  3. 4. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles (7)
  4. 8. The medieval principles governing knighthood and knightly conduct (8)
  5. 11. The principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem (4)
  6. 13. Weapon with a long sharp blade (5)
  7. 14. A titled peer of the realm (5)