Medieval Christian Europe

4. Schism / officials split between Roman Catholic and Byzantine churches in 1054.
5. death / epidemic of the bubonic plague that ravaged Europe in 1300's.
9. / the pope crowned him emperor after he fought his battles.
11. / prejudice against Jews
12. / A Germanic tribe that conquered present day France and neighboring lands in the 400's.
13. / association of merchants or artisans who cooperated to uphold standard of their trade and to protect their economic interests.
14. / European noble who served as a mounted warrior.
15. / 6-foot-long bow that could rapidly fire arrows with enough force to pierce most armor.

1. / lord who was granted land in exchange for service and loyalty to a greater lord
2. system / economic system built around large estates called manors, which include one or more villages and surrounding lands.
3. / loosely organized system of government in which local lord governed their own lands but owed military service and other support to a greater lord.
6. / series of wars in which European Christians tried to win control of the Holy Land from the Muslims
7. / peasant bound to the lord's land
8. / rebuilt and renamed Greek city of Byzantine, capital of Eastern Rome empire.
10. / outbreak of a rapidly spreading disease