Medieval Europe Crossword Puzzle

7. a wealthy, town-dwelling merchant during the Middle Ages
8. the religious leaders who oversee ceremonies and deliver teachings of the Christian Church
11. became the Frankish king in 768 and unite all of the Germanic kingdoms (page 602)
13. in 1337 Edward invaded France to claim the throne pushing England and France into a long war(three words no space)
14. another commonly known name for the Medieval Period (two words no space)
17. Christian kings began a long war that set out to drive out the Muslims off the peninsula(page 618)
19. a system of law established in England to make sure people received equal treatment
22. the technical name for the "Black Death", an illness that swept through Europe and killed many(two words-no space/use page 623)
23. a person, usually a lesser nobleman, who received land and protection from a feudal lord in exchange for obedience and service
24. another word for farming

1. a group of representatives who shared power with the English monarch
2. a weapon that allowed archers to fire arrows
3. a period in history that spanned from the 500 A.D.s to the 1500s
4. in 1096, Christian armies set off to fight a series of wars to reclaim the Holy Land(page 618)
5. a code of conduct for knights
6. document from the colonies sent to England to outline individual rights(page 616)
9. to change one’s religion
10. a political and social system in which a vassal receives protection from a lord in exchange for obedience and service
12. a warrior in medieval Europe
15. a person who lived and worked on the private land of a noble or medieval lord
16. a nobleman who received land from a king in medieval feudal society
18. court that set out to punish Christians (page 619)
20. a self-contained world located on a land belonging to a lord
21. a towering church built during the Middle Ages; often the place from which a bishop ruled