Early Middle Ages
Across
- 3. Scandinavian peoples whose sailors raided Europe from the 700s through the 1100s
- 4. a Germanic tribe that conquered present-day France and neighboring lands in the 400s
- 5. a peasant bound to the lord's land
- 8. body of laws of a church
- 9. economic system that functions by people working the land and paying taxes
- 10. political founder of the kingdom of the Franks. His kingdom was the most powerful in Gaul. One of the first Germanic kings to convert to Christianity.
- 13. Muslims (followers of Islam) who live in Spain
- 14. Political system of government based on the granting of land
- 15. served as mayor of the palace for Frankish kingdom. Halted the last great Muslim advance into Europe (Battle of Tours, 732)
- 17. European noble who served as a mounted warrior
Down
- 1. land granted by a lord in exchange for service and loyalty
- 2. king of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor. United peoples, conducted a long series of successful military campaigns, spread Christianity, made effective political procedures, and supported cultural renewal
- 3. a lord who was granted land in exchange for service and loyalty to a greater lord
- 6. battle in 732 in which the Christian Franks defeated the Muslim armies (Moors) & stopped the advance of Islam into Europe
- 7. A way of living that is religious, isolated from other people, and self-disciplined
- 11. sacred ritual of the Roman Catholic Church
- 12. having to do with worldly, rather than religious, matters;nonreligious
- 16. an ethnic group centered in present-day Hungary. Raided areas to steal people for slavery