Feudalism
Across
- 3. the language of the Germanic people who had arrived in England after the fall of the Roman Empire
- 6. sworn promises
- 8. peasants that were bound to the land gave lords and knights a portion of the crops they tended in exchange for protection
- 9. a Christian who does not follow the laws of the church
- 10. an elaborate work of art, roughly 78 meters long and made out of wool cloth
- 15. ban from the church
Down
- 1. a document that decided the pope had the right to choose bishops
- 2. the body of water that flows between England and Europe
- 4. economic system serfs given the use of land and equipment in exchange for their services and goods
- 5. A series of bloody wars followed when Christians from Europe set off to fight Muslims for control of the Holy Land
- 7. something handed down from father to son
- 11. trained warriors who had sworn their loyalty and service to the Lord in exchange for shelter, food, and armor or other goods
- 12. a lord given a large amount of land
- 13. a survey of William’s territory to know who lived where
- 14. lord with land