Medieval History Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. Grew along with population due to improved farming technology
  2. 4. Saint Benedict allowed sick monks meat and baths for this
  3. 5. Code requiring knights to be brave, loyal, and honest
  4. 6. Document that limited the power of the English king
  5. 9. Fought against England in the Hundred Years War
  6. 15. Raided Europe after Charlemagne's empire collapsed
  7. 16. Urban II called for this to fight advancing forces
  8. 18. Spread the deadly Bubonic Plague on rats
  9. 19. Knight assistant who polished armor and practiced combat
  10. 20. A peasant legally bound to a lord's land
  11. 23. A self-sufficient estate of a medieval lord
  12. 24. Pope Urban II promised this spiritual reward for sins
  13. 25. Young noble boys started training for knighthood at age seven
  14. 26. A person who follows a polytheistic religion
  15. 27. Established medieval schools to teach reading and copying
  16. 28. Land granted in return for service in feudalism
Down
  1. 1. Captured during the successful First Crusade
  2. 2. People trained for religious services
  3. 5. Christian city looted during the Fourth Crusade
  4. 7. Religious items traded by Crusaders on their journey
  5. 8. Monasteries centered around work and this activity
  6. 10. Estates worked by serfs paid for a knight's heavy costs
  7. 11. Danger faced by Crusaders along with river crossings
  8. 12. Located at the very bottom of the feudal hierarchy
  9. 13. Association of craftworkers sharing a common trade
  10. 14. Holy Roman Emperor who spread Christianity across Europe
  11. 15. A nobleman who received land for service
  12. 17. Peasants moved here for trade and wealth opportunities
  13. 21. An extreme shortage of food
  14. 22. English king who lost power through his actions