Medieval Europe
Across
- 2. Ruler of kingdom at the top of the social structure
- 3. Someone who owned a fief and allowed a person to use it; nobles, knights or church officials
- 4. A Frankish king who united Western Europe; the first Holy Roman Emperor from 800-814 C.E.
- 7. A social and economic hierarchy system based on land ownership
- 9. A large agricultural estate, the economic and social center of rural life
- 10. Someone who pledges loyalty to a king or lord
- 11. Fighters who served lords; vassals
Down
- 1. A political, economic, and social system where the peasants were dependent on their land and their lord
- 5. A document that gave certain rights to English citizens; the foundation of English law
- 6. A large area of land that was given by a king to a lord or vassal
- 8. People forced to farm the land and give profits to the lord or vassal