Emerging Europe and the Byzantine Empire
Across
- 4. The first man to be crowned Holy Roman Emperor
- 6. A man who served his lord as a mounted soldier in armor
- 7. Charlemagne depended on these men to act as his chief representatives in the empire
- 8. This man established the Kingdom of the Franks
- 9. The amount of money paid by a wrongdoer to the family of the person who was injured/killed
- 12. The top leader in the land during the Middle Ages (he controlled all the land)
- 13. These people worked the land and had difficult and challenging lives (also known as peasants)
- 14. A leader of many different diocese
- 15. A leader of a group of parishes (bishopric or diocese)
- 17. A man who separates himself from ordinary society to dedicate himself to God
- 18. The center of life in the Middle Ages
- 20. European invaders who came from Scandinavia (also known as the Norsemen)
- 23. A person who is granted land by a feudal lord in exchange for his allegiance
- 24. This body of water separates Europe and Africa
Down
- 1. The leader of the Roman Catholic Church
- 2. An estate of land
- 3. This group controlled most of what is modern-day France
- 5. the qualities expected of an ideal knight (courage, honor, courtesy, justice, etc.)
- 7. Defeated the Muslims at the Battle of Tours in 732
- 10. These rulers replaced the Western Roman Empire by the year 500.
- 11. People sent to carry out a religious message (often responsible for converting non-Christians)
- 16. The leader of a parish
- 19. This group controlled most of what is modern-day Britain
- 21. Pope who expanded the political power of the papacy by serving as leader of the Papal States
- 22. The dominant social system in Medieval Europe