Middle Ages
Across
- 3. referring to the Middle Ages in Europe or the period of history between ancient and modern times
- 5. also know as Charles the Great
- 9. Scandinavian peoples whose sailors raided Europe from the 700s through the 1100s
- 11. an ethnic group centered in present-day Hungary
- 13. in medieval Europe, a peasant bound to the lord's land
- 16. exchange of pledges between lords and vassals
Down
- 1. code of conduct for knights during the Middle Ages
- 2. loosely organized system of government in which local lords governed their own lands but owed military service and other support to a greater lord
- 4. in medieval Europe, an estate granted by a lord to a vassal in exchange for service and loyalty
- 6. ruler who has complete authority
- 7. a European noble who served as a mounted warrior
- 8. battle in 732 in which the Christian Franks led by Charles Martel defeated the Muslim armies and stopped the Muslim advance into Europe
- 10. a Germanic tribe that conquered present-day France and neighboring lands in the 400s
- 12. a wandering poet or singer of medieval Europe
- 14. during the Middle Ages in Europe, a lord's estate that included one or more villages and the surrounding lands
- 15. in medieval Europe, a lord who was granted land in exchange for service and loyalty to a greater lord