Middle Ages Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. People from Scandinavia who plundered and pillaged coastal areas in Europe
  2. 3. Largest kingdom in Europe, located in Gaul
  3. 8. Viking leader who received the land of Normandy
  4. 9. Place in a rural area where monks and nuns devoted their lives to the church
  5. 10. Defeated Muslims in the Battle of Tours (2wrds)
  6. 12. Monk who wrote a book of strict rules monasteries should follow
  7. 13. Duty was to protect their feudal lord, their heavenly lord, and their lady
  8. 15. Person who receives land from the lord
  9. 17. Church tax
  10. 18. Estates of the Lord
Down
  1. 1. What the land is called that is given to another person to use
  2. 4. Nun who wrote a book of strict rules for nuns
  3. 5. Person who grants land to another
  4. 6. Frankish king who opened schools, and strengthened the kingdom
  5. 7. Competitions among the knights that included jousting
  6. 11. System of society in which people live, exchange of land for goods and services
  7. 14. Musicians who travelled around singing songs and reading poetry
  8. 16. Person who is bound to the land in which they were born