Middle Ages

2. an estate of land, especially one held on condition of feudal service.
4. Succeeded in uniting the majority of western and central Europe and was the first recognized emperor to rule from western Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire
7. a system in which a lord was granted land and would provide military protection to the people if they provided work and food
8. a person in the Middle Ages who received protection and land from a lord in return for loyalty and service
11. a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Christian Latin Church in the medieval period.
12. Someone whose beliefs or actions are considered wrong by most people, because they disagree with beliefs that are generally accepted.

1. A devastating global epidemic that struck Europe and Asia in the mid-1300s.
3. The ongoing break of communion between the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches since 1054.
5. A series of armed conflicts between the kingdoms of England and France during the Late Middle Ages.
6. The first king of the Franks to unite all of the Frankish tribes under one ruler
9. A peasant contractually bound to work in a given kingdom; unable to leave.
10. Can be divided into three distinct periods: The Period of Kings (625-510 BC), Republican Rome (510-31 BC), and Imperial Rome (31 BC – AD 476).