Middle Ages
Across
- 1. of or relating to a style of architecture that was popular in Europe between the 12th and 16th centuries and that uses pointed arches, thin and tall walls, and large windows
- 4. a person in the Middle Ages who received protection and land from a lord in return for loyalty and service
- 8. 1.someone or something having power, authority, or influence; a master or ruler
- 9. the group of religious officials (as priests, ministers, and rabbis) specially prepared and authorized to lead religious services
- 10. law England's royal judges formed this unified body of law
- 12. worldy
- 13. a warrior of the Middle Ages who fought on horseback, served a king, held a special military rank, and swore to behave in a noble way
- 14. an agricultural laborer bound under the feudal system to work on his lord's estate
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- 2. roman empire an empire consisting primarily of a loose confederation of German and Italian territories under the suzerainty of an emperor and existing from the 9th or 10th century to 1806
- 3. a large estate
- 5. a house for persons under religious vows; an establishment for monks
- 6. to smite, infest, or afflict with or as if with disease, calamity, or natural evil
- 7. any of the military expeditions undertaken by Christian powers in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries to win the Holy Land from the Muslims
- 11. Carta a document constituting a fundamental guarantee of rights and privileges
- 15. an estate of land given to a vassal by a feudal lord