Middle Ages Crossword

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  1. 2. payments made tot he church as an offering to God
  2. 6. excommunicated by Pope Gregory VII
  3. 9. second master that knights fought for
  4. 12. Who, according to Pope Boniface, must kings always obey?
  5. 13. first master that knights fought for
  6. 15. period from 500 to 1500
  7. 17. meeting that decided the Pope would appoint bishops from then on, but that the Emperor could veto and appointment
  8. 18. a code of behavior for knights in medieval Europe, stressing ideals such as courage, loyalty, and devotion
  9. 22. disease known as the Black Death that caused Europe to lose 1/3 of its entire population between 1300 and 1400
  10. 23. age which knights could begin training
  11. 24. things like marriage, baptism, communion, and more that provided a path for people to become saved from their sins in the eyes of God
  12. 26. those who owned land in the feudal system
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  1. 1. third master that knights fought for
  2. 3. private soldiers who would protect the king's land in exchange for food and shelter
  3. 4. Frankish king who was eventually named the Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Leo III
  4. 5. After the death of Charlemagne, how many kingdoms was his empire divided into?
  5. 7. practice feared by the king because it would have excommunicated their entire kingdom, leading to damnation
  6. 8. Ruled the Kingdom of the Franks and struck a bargain with the Roman Catholic Church to help fund his armies in exchange for protection
  7. 10. these arose after the downfall of Rome and included tribes Vandals, Visigoths, Franks, Burgundians, and Ostrogoths
  8. 11. a political, economic, social, and military system that was based on a set of mutual obligations between those that participated
  9. 14. a lord's estate in the feudal system
  10. 16. group who chooses the pope
  11. 19. weapon that made hand-to-hand combat unnecessary for knights
  12. 20. anyone in service to a lord
  13. 21. movement and period of time following the Middle Ages that celebrated the achievement of mankind
  14. 25. pledged their service to lords